TEACHER SIGNAL INTERFERENCE

POWER: ITS EFFECT IN THE

BEHAVIOR DEVELOPMENT AMONG
ELEMENTARY PUPILS
RESERCHER
PANAL, JAY ANGEL Q.
BAYUBAY, MARY JOY B.
SABORDO, ELYN C.
BEED 3B

The environment of elementary education has been
changing over the years. Teachers are spending
more time on discipline than on classroom
instructions due to an increase in off tasks and poor
behavior (Rosenberg and jackman, 2003). It has
been stated that the most difficult dilemma facing
elementary schools is “troubled” behavior. If the
child usually yells out in class, and has been working
on putting their hands up, the teachers would look
over them and smile to show that they have noticed
the improvement. Teachers would use this strategy
to maintain communication within the classroom
without having to disrupt the other students.
According to Bentler ( 2000), what interferes the
most in a classroom is the signal-to-noise ratio
(SNR). The more positive it is, the better the
listening situation offered to the students will be.
The closer to zero or negative it is, the worse will be
the situation for the students to understand the
teacher’s speech.
In the other hand, to Eastern Washington university,
Signal Interference is a nonverbal Intervention that
communicates that a behavior is not appropriate. It is
helpful during instruction, because it lets the student who
is misbehaving know that their behavior is not okay, yet it
does not cause distraction to the rest of the class. Signal
interference acts a cue that warns students who are
showing unwelcome behavior to stop that behavior. If
done correctly, the lesson does not need to be interrupted
to do this. Its distraction to the other students is minimal.
Simply making eye contact with the disruptive student, a
slight head shake, a hand signal, or placing your fingers to
your lips in a hush motion are all examples of signal
interference. Signal Interference is a tool use in the
Corrective phase, because it is something that is stopping
unwanted behavior in class. It is after bad behavior has
begun so it is not a preventative measure and it is not
supportive, because it is correcting the behavior. The
theories of Influence this falls under is all three of them.
They types of signals can vary but any type of teacher can
use this method effectively to maintain a smooth running
classroom with few distractions.
 
• With this, the researcher decide to take this study for us to understand more about the
effect of signal interference power of the teachers to the learners, we wanted to know its
effect in the behavior of the children since we are also a future educators, it can be our
foundation to have a better teaching strategy someday. This study will elucidate us and
other future teachers the importance of using signal interference in the behavior and
character formation of the pupils.
The study intends to use the phenomenological approach under
qualitative research. The purpose of this study is to know the effects
of teachers signal interference power to the pupils’ behavior. The
researchers aim to explore how the signal interfere power of the
teacher affects the behavior of the pupils inside the classroom.
Significance of the Study
By conducting this research, teachers and students, will benefit from it, for it
will contribute to have an effective teaching strategy.
•The Teachers
•The Students
•The Parents
The Future Researcher
Definition of Terms
The following terms used in this study are defined conventionally for clarity and
a common frame of reference.
•Signal Interference Power
•Nonverbal Communications
•Teacher
•Student
•Behavior
•Signal
•Body Language
This phenomenological study will be conducted to know the effects of the
teacher signal interference power in the behavior of the learners
specially in the elementary level.

1. What are the struggles in using signal interference power in

disciplining the behavior of the pupils?
2. What are the effects to the behavior of pupils when you use signal
interference power in the classroom?
3. What are your insight in using the signal interference power in
managing your classroom?
This theory is anchored to Applied Behavior Analysis Theory (1968)
previously known as Behavior Modification. This theory is popularized by
Baer, Wolf, & Risley, according to them, “Applied Behavior Analysis Theory
is the process of systematically applying interventions based upon the
principles of learning theory to improve socially significant behaviors to a
meaningful degree, and to demonstrate that the interventions employed are
responsible for the improvement in behavior“.
The researchers want to emphasize that signal interference is one of the
interventions applied by the teachers in order to minimize or control the
behaviors of the students. We also desire to expose that signal interference
has a big impact in teacher’s classroom management practices; and it can
help also in developing the behavior of the pupils.
The researchers will use Qualitative approach in research which involves
collecting and analyzing non-numerical data an example of these are text,
video and audio to understand concepts, opinions, or experiences. The issue
that will focus of these phenomenological study, are the effects of teacher
signal interference power in the behavior development among elementary
students. The researchers will conduct this study at Pasian Elementary school
and the teachers of the said school will serve as the respondents in this study.
The researchers will use variety of methods such as focus group discussion
that consist of 7 participants only and in depth interview that also consist of 7
participants a total of 14. In the delimitations we have only a small number of
participants, so their voices will not be generalizable, and they will only
provide responses from memory during the interview, so they will not be able
to explain actual and real experiences.
 The related literatures and studies focused on the
following:
1. Definition of Signal Interference
2. Classroom Management through Signal
Interference
3. Students Attitude During the Modern Education
4. Effectiveness and Importance of Signal
Interference
5. Teachers Way of Using Signal Interference
 Qualitative Research
Phenomenological Study
Pasian Elementary School
Purok-1 Pasian Monkayo
Davao De Oro
14 Participants
Interviewer, Encoder,
Analyst
Recorder, and Translator
Thematic Analysis

Credibility
Conformability
Dependability
Transferability

Respect for persons

Beneficence
Justice
Consent
Confidentiality