Effect of external classroom noise on schoolchildren's reading and mathematics performance: Correlation of noise levels and gender
dc.creator | Papanikolaou, M. | en |
dc.creator | Skenteris, N. | en |
dc.creator | Piperakis, S. M. | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-11-23T10:44:04Z | |
dc.date.available | 2015-11-23T10:44:04Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2015 | |
dc.identifier | 10.1515/ijamh-2014-0006 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 3340139 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11615/31882 | |
dc.description.abstract | The present study investigated the effect of low, medium, and high traffic road noise as well as irrelevant background speech noise on primary school children's reading and mathematical performance. A total of 676 participants (324 boys, 47.9% and 352 girls, 52.1%) of the 4th and 5th elementary classes participated in the project. The participants were enrolled in public primary schools from urban areas and had ages ranging from 9 to 10 years and from. Schools were selected on the basis of increasing levels of exposure to road traffic noise and then classified into three categories (Low noise: 55-66 dB, Medium noise: 67-77 dB, and High noise: 72-80 dB). We measured reading comprehension and mathematical skills in accordance with the national guidelines for elementary education, using a test designed specifically for the purpose of this study. On the one hand, children in low-level noise schools showed statistically significant differences from children in medium-and high-level noise schools in reading performance (p<0.001). On the other hand, children in low-level noise schools differed significantly from children in high-level noise schools but only in mathematics performance (p=0.001). Girls in general did better in reading score than boys, especially in schools with medium-and high-level noise. Finally the levels of noise and gender were found to be two independent factors. © 2015 by De Gruyter. | en |
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dc.subject | Children | en |
dc.subject | gender | en |
dc.subject | noise | en |
dc.subject | reading comprehension | en |
dc.subject | academic achievement | en |
dc.subject | annoyance | en |
dc.subject | Article | en |
dc.subject | child | en |
dc.subject | cognition | en |
dc.subject | comprehension | en |
dc.subject | female | en |
dc.subject | human | en |
dc.subject | major clinical study | en |
dc.subject | male | en |
dc.subject | mathematics | en |
dc.subject | primary school | en |
dc.subject | reading | en |
dc.subject | school child | en |
dc.subject | sex difference | en |
dc.subject | social status | en |
dc.subject | traffic noise | en |
dc.subject | urban area | en |
dc.title | Effect of external classroom noise on schoolchildren's reading and mathematics performance: Correlation of noise levels and gender | en |
dc.type | journalArticle | en |
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