To begin the discussion on the effect of noise within a classroom setting, we must first analyze what noise is. Merriam Webster defines noise as “any sound that is undesired or interferes with one’s hearing of something.” Noise can arise from a range of objects. This can include but is not limited to people, machinery or everyday common objects such as a pencil sharpener. While noise constantly surrounds us, it is when there is a large amount of a loud level of noise that it begins to impede our ability to interpret and follow speech. The American Speech-Language Hearing Association outlines the levels of noise that are comfortable for noise. Noise is measured in decibels (dB), and a range anywhere from 0 to 70 dB is considered normal. Anything above 85 dB can lead to eventual hearing loss. While the level of noise within a classroom is well within the normal range, this just goes to show that noise can have a strong effect on our health. It comes to no surprise then that noise can lead to difficulty with attention and learning in classrooms.
Now we must explore what the possible noises in a classroom may be. It can range anywhere from outside noise such as cars passing by to the chairs scrapping on the floor. Noise for a classroom is often described in two categories: external and internal noises. An external noise is usually a single event, such as a car honking. An internal noise are noises that are occurring directly within the classroom, such as a pencil sharpener or
Findings from a recent Ofsted report have shown that low-level disruption in the classroom is causing pupils to potentially lose up to one hour of learning each day, and that this may have a detrimental impact on their life chances (Ofsted, 2014). Difficulties managing behavior is a commonly reported source of stress and burnout among teachers, and is resulting in a substantial number leaving the profession within 5 years (Ford et al, 2012). Disruptive behaviour is not only stressful for teachers, but it can be unsettling for pupils, can hinder pupils enjoyment of school and can prevent pupils from fulfilling their potential (Gorard, 2010). Although there has never been a time when all pupils behaved well, all of the time (Viser, 2005), it is important that teachers have a good understanding of the challenges they may face in the classroom, and are equipped with effective strategies to help them manage classroom behaviour. After all, effective behaviour management and discipline in schools is a crucial to ensuring academic success and a positive and safe learning environment (Luisellia et al, 2005).
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Probably the biggest influence to children in a classroom is their teacher. A good teacher will know their pupils, their needs, what interests them and their aspirations. A successful classroom will have well planned lessons in an environment which encourages learning and does not disrupt pupils. A teacher needs to attract a lesson to pupils, making it age relevant and suited to any needs they might have, for example special educational needs. A teacher will also understand their pupils learn in different ways and this is very important to keep pupils interested in the lesson and wanting to learn. The teacher knowing their pupils different learning styles could be the success or failure to their education. A pupil who is loud will not best learn in a quiet classroom environment, they would want to be a bit more “hands on” in learning activities. The importance of these three things together; teacher, lesson plans, and learning styles will be the success or non-success of a classroom. They can together create a positive, motivated environment to influence and encourage children to
My eighth grade classroom is set in a Jr-Sr. High school and is located in the Jr. High hallway, in the rear of the high school. I have thirty-two student desks situated in rows and two small tables at the front of my room used for paper pick up. My desk and computer are in the back corner of the room. The students all have their own Chromebooks and I have a desktop computer as well as a Samsung Tablet. Google Classroom is used daily as well as many other applications suited for 1:1 schools. I also have a projector hanging from the ceiling and two large white boards located on the front and side walls of my classroom. The class that I will be focusing on in this paper is made up of 26 students, 15 boys and 11 girls. One student with learning disabilities, another is an ELL student. This class meets for 55 minutes.
Noise can be very distracting especially if someone wants to study, sleep, read, do homework, and do a project or anything else. I personally have experienced noise as a distraction and I would never intentionally try to distract someone from doing what they want buy making it hard for them to focus because of my noise.
Sound – Some pupils may be sensitive to sounds, for example a child on the autistic spectrum who is disturbed by loud or unusual noises. It is not always possible for such noises to be avoided, but teaching assistants need to be aware of the effect that they can have on pupils (Burnham, 2007).
Luckily, a gymnasium uses very minimal decorations on the walls in order to ensure student safety. It would be very difficult to reduce the noise level in a gymnasium due to the nature of the course and the physical space. One way I can reduce the extraneous sounds is by providing my students with exceptionalities with a pair of headphones to block out the excess noise that will defer them from participating in my class. Allowing my students to wear headphones I will increase their on-task time and eliminate that trigger from my classroom
Children tend to focus their attention on areas of the classroom they like and tend to only visit those areas creating a traffic jam. Students then get frustrated when they cannot be at the center they want, this tends to happen a lot with a child that has autism at my clinical location.
Have you had the experience of having an annoying noise at work or in class, maybe when taking a test or during a meeting? Doesn't it just drive you crazy? If you haven't you should know it's very annoying, especially when it's a fidget spinner. They create a distraction in class that makes you lose concentration if your not using it the right way. They are a problem, I think that the school should ban fidget spinners, and replace them with fidget cubes or rubber bands for kids who need something to concentrate with.
To cope with their noise sensitivity, some children make or may hum strange sounds to override the overwhelming auditory input. An alternate solution, on the child and the condition, is to listen to songs on headphones, which again has got the result of drowning out external sound. Using this strategy with older children might have the extra benefit of masking noises which may otherwise disturb them, thus allowing better attention, for instance when completing homework
Noise: Excessive noise can have adverse effect on children's cognitive performance. They might find it difficult to hear what staff and educators saying. So many rooms are made up of brick or cement walls, hard floor etc.
The indirect or reverberant sound field begins to dominate the listening environment when the child moves far from the teacher. The indirect sound field originates at the “critical distance” of the room (point in the room where reverberant sound level and direct sound level are equal). If the child is within the critical distance (the direct sound field), reverberation will have minimal effects. Beyond the critical distance (the indirect sound field), however, these reflections can reduce speech perception ability. Speech perception scores decreases when the distance increases, till the critical distance of the room is reached (Crandell, 1991; Crandell & Bess, 1986; Leavitt & Flexer, 1991; Peutz, 1971). After the critical distance, perception
Anything that is very loud and annoying is an enormous disruption to the learning environment,just like water bottle flipping.Five out of the five people I asked think water bottle flipping is loud and annoying.When people water bottle flip other people in the room cannot concentrate on what they are doing.Nobody especially busy students want random Loud noises in their classroom.
The classroom is organized so that the student’s stuff and the teacher’s stuff should not cross paths. The students keep their materials in their cubbies at one end of the room, their pencil boxes at their seats, and their book boxes on the floor. The teacher’s stuff is located on her desk, and the back table where small group stuff gets done. The classroom setting is definitely positive and interesting because it has a minion theme. Children in that age range love minions most of the time and
Excessive sound will create physiological and psychological damages to human beings like mental stress, poor-concentration, cardiovascular diseases etc.