Nowadays, problem student is a common phenomenon exiting in primary and secondary school, Yemen. However, current unknown is why problem students appear and how to make an effective intervention way for reducing the problem behaviors. Although there have been many researches about problem student's problem behaviors researches on causes, developmental mechanism and educational strategies of problem students mainly stay on the theoretical research stage. This study aimed to investigate main reason for the formation of problem students and then make an effective intervention way and examine the invention effect.Firstly, combining existing research literature and teaching experience, this study sums up that problem behavior of problem students is mainly learning problem, interpersonal problem and willpower problem.Secondly, this study selected ten“problem students”of primary school as the participants. They are simply classified into three categories in accordance with the severity of the problem behaviors of problem students. I summarized various causes and affecting factors of problem behaviors through observing their performances and behaviors, and conduct in-depth interviews and explorations throughout the whole research process.Thirdly, on the basis of kind and severity of problems, various flexibly methods were used for the intervention study of problem behaviors. After that, I conducted interviews with the study cases, parents and teachers once again and made tracked records for the intervention effect. The intervention achieves marked improvement. For example, most students greatly improve their behaviors in class.Finally, I reflect the research process itself, considering that the case study is necessary method for the issue of"problem students". The use of qualitative research method is more conducive to enter the inner world of the studying cases, and better understand their true conditions as well. And on this basis, it is easier to find a breakthrough in the problem to improve the “problem students”and make a closer link between theoretical research and practical application.
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Key Laboratory of Child Development and Learning Science of Ministry of Education, Research Center for Learning Science, Southeast University, Nanjing Jiangsu 210096, China;
