Noise in open plan classrooms in primary schools: A review

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...

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Main Authors: Bridget Shield, Emma Greenland, Julie Dockrell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2010-01-01
Series:Noise and Health
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Online Access:http://www.noiseandhealth.org/article.asp?issn=1463-1741;year=2010;volume=12;issue=49;spage=225;epage=234;aulast=Shield