Acoustics and noise in English secondary schools

42nd International Congress and Exposition on Noise Control Engineering 2013, INTER-NOISE 2013: Noise Control for Quality of Life

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages 2223-2229

  Shield, Bridget ^a   Conetta, Robert ^a   Cox, Trevor ^b   Mydlarz, Charlie ^b   Dockrell, Julie ^c   Connolly, Daniel ^c  

^a LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acoustics; Noise; Schools

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC VARIABLES CONTROL; ACOUSTICS; DESIGN; NOISE POLLUTION; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; TEACHING;

ACOUSTIC ENVIRONMENT; NOISE; NOISE CONDITIONS; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEYS; SCHOOLS; SECONDARY SCHOOLS; TEACHING ACTIVITIES; TEACHING AND LEARNING;

ACOUSTIC NOISE;

EID: 84904500563     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (10)

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2. B M Shield and J E Dockrell, "The effects of environmental and classroom noise on the academic attainments of primary school children, " J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 123(1), 133-144 (2008).
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6. A Astolfi and F Pellerey, "Subjective and objective assessment of acoustical and overall environmental quality in secondary school classrooms, " J. Acoust. Soc.Am., 123, 163-173 (2008).
7. D Connolly, J Dockrell, B Shield, R Conetta and T Cox. "Adolescents' perceptions of their school's acoustic environment, " Accepted for publication in Noise and Health.
8. J Dockrell, D Connolly, B Shield, R Conetta, C Mydlarz and T Cox, "Pupils' perceptions of noise in English secondary schools, " Paper 1130, Proc. Internoise 2013 (2013).
9. C Mydlarz, R Conetta, D Connolly, T Cox, J Dockrell and B Shield. "Comparison of environmental and acoustic factors in occupied school classrooms for 11-16 year old students", Building and Environment 60, 265-271 (2013).
10. Department for Education and Skills, Building Bulletin 93 Acoustic Design of Schools, (The Stationary Office, London, 2003).