It’s easy to understand why learning may suffer when the teacher’s voice has to compete with a passing 747, but emerging research suggests that quieter noises can have varied effects on student ...
Classrooms can be noisy places. Any teacher who leaves work with a sore throat knows this, and research from audiologists and speech-language pathologists backs it up. But because people can’t see ...
A new tool that uses classroom sounds may solve the biggest outstanding question in undergraduate science education, namely, what teaching methods are actually being used in college classrooms, and ...
During a quiz on plate tectonics, two students whisper in the back of my room. I notice but stay quiet. I have one chance to ...
The Acoustical Society of America has issued a policy statement that advises schools not to use sound-amplification systems in their efforts to overcome noisy conditions in classrooms. The Acoustical ...
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Melville, NY -The Acoustical Society of America (ASA) has issued a policy statement entitled "Acoustical Society of America Position on the Use of Sound Amplification in the Classroom." The statement ...