The Acoustical Society of America has issued a policy statement that advises schools not to use sound-amplification systems in their efforts to overcome noisy conditions in classrooms. The Acoustical ...

A new tool that uses classroom sounds may solve the biggest outstanding question in undergraduate science education, namely, what teaching methods are actually being used in college classrooms, and ...

In the classroom, decibel levels can gradually increase without us realizing it, until they begin to affect the atmosphere: more difficult communication, nervous irritation, reduced concentration, etc ...

Researchers at San Francisco State University have developed a tool that for the first time can measure the extent to which instructors use innovative teaching methods by analyzing simple audio ...