Newswise — College Park, Md. (May 18, 2011) -- Noisy classrooms aren’t just bad for harried teachers’ nerves—they can significantly affect the ability of students to listen and learn. Researchers at ...

In addition, it is important to keep in mind that students are physically developing and their voices may be changing, cracking, or softer than adult voices. Exacerbating these challenges, students ...

If you want your students to tackle real-world issues and take a deeper look at evidence, data and research, then KQED’s video series Above the Noise belongs in your classroom. Keep reading to find ...

“Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.” — Plutarch The words of Plutarch resonate strongly in today’s classrooms. Education was never meant to be merely about filling ...

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 ...

In the classroom, decibel levels can gradually increase without us realizing it, until they begin to affect the atmosphere: more difficult communication, nervous irritation, reduced concentration, etc ...

Editable resource for your very own classroom noise monitor display, change the colours, the names of each level to suit your own noise monitor. Also comes with a star to place on your noise monitor ...

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 ...