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Noise in open plan classrooms in primary schools: A review

Shield, Bridget; Greenland, Emma; Dockrell, Julie; (2010) Noise in open plan classrooms in primary schools: A review. Noise and Health , 12 (49) pp. 225-234. 10.4103/1463-1741.70501. Green open access

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Abstract

This paper presents a review of research carried out in the past 40 years into various aspects of noise in open plan classrooms. The emergence of open plan classroom design in response to progressive educational reforms is discussed. A limited amount of evidence of the effects of noise in open plan classrooms is presented. Surveys of both background and intrusive noise levels in open plan classrooms are summarized and compared. Differences between noise levels in open plan and enclosed classrooms are also considered. Recommended noise limits and acoustic design criteria for open plan classrooms are discussed, together with some current international standards. The paper concludes with a discussion of appropriate noise control measures to reduce noise and maximize speech intelligibility and speech privacy in open plan classrooms.

Type: Article
Title: Noise in open plan classrooms in primary schools: A review
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.4103/1463-1741.70501
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.4103/1463-1741.70501
Additional information: This article is available under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License (CC BY-NC-SA), which permits non-commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Keywords: Acoustics, classrooms, noise, open plan, schools, speech intelligibility
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Psychology and Human Development
URI: https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1486836
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