Acoustic Ceiling Tiles Could Make Classroom Learning Easier
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iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Teacher, if you can’t get your students to quiet down, maybe there’s something you can do about your classroom.
Actually, researchers in China might have developed an important learning tool that has nothing to do with learning: sound-absorbing ceiling tiles.
In a very small study, the acoustic tiles were installed in a third-grade classroom with 44 kids. Apparently, the new ceiling did wonders because 86 percent of the students admitted they could hear the teacher much more clearly than before.
Even more impressive, two-thirds of the eight- and nine-year-olds claimed they could focus on their lessons better.
These sound-absorbing tiles made a huge difference in that they not only reduced noise from other kids or appliances such as fansm, but also blocked out much of the sounds from the playground and the street.
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