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Article Review Name Institution Article Review Evaluating Bullying Behavior in The Classroom Atlas, R. S., & Pepler, D. J. (1998). Observations of Bullying in the Classroom. Journal of Educational Research, 92(2), 86. The article, Observation of bullying in the classroom, was written by Atlas and Pepler in 1998. The work of these two authors reveals a situation of bullying behaviors in the classroom, as observed from research they conducted. Atlas and Peter claim to have assessed the nature of bullying by observing how children interacted with each other. With the aid of cameras and microphone, the authors filmed a targeted group of students, which comprised of the aggressive and nonaggressive as was identified by the teachers. The authors have some point that bullying takes place in the classroom and may likely go unnoticed. Bullying is characterized as an aggressive behavior that has power imbalance, whereby the dominant character deliberately causes suffering by distressing the less dominant person (Atlas & Pepler, 1998). According to Atlas and Pepler, bullying has become standard behavior in schools, as studies indicate that every child is likely to have experienced harassment at their education stages. The research reached some factors that could have contributed to the development of this hostile behavior, and primary factor included the characteristics of individuals. The bully was observed to be more powerful than the victim who was physically weak. Other factors are interactional processes, presence of teachers, and the background in which the bullying behavior extended. The research work of these authors is overlooked from the fact that they
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