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Reducing Classroom Noise to Increase Classroom Learning
People don’t believe me when I tell them about my first classroom in the South almost 20 years ago. To be fair, my school district was in a poor part of the state and we hardly had money for textbooks and postage, let alone sound tiles and noise-reducing carpet.
My central noise problem didn’t come from my students, loud hallways, or sound bouncing off the classroom’s hard, bare walls and floors. My noise problem came from the enormous air conditioning unit that hung from my classroom’s ceiling. I don’t think I’m exaggerating when I write that this unit had the dimensions of an office cubicle, but just half as tall. Continue reading
