The purpose of this study was to find out if a teacher’s verbal or nonverbal behavior is more successful in redirecting a student\u27s attention in the classroom. Three specific student behaviors were observed---daydreaming, distractive talking, and doing assignments for another class. Three twelfth \ grade English teachers in a Duval County high school gave the observer permission to visit their classrooms and observe on ten different occasions over a period of eight weeks. Observation sheets were kept and tallied on each teacher. A total for all three teachers was then tallied and analyzed according to a chi-square routine. The results of the chi-square analysis showed no significance in the data at the .05 level. It was concluded that even though the results showed no Significance, the raw data showed a definite unique pattern for each teacher in the way that they successfully handled behavior problems in their classrooms
