Quiet Classroom/Pockets of Quiet

Overview

Decreasing extra audio input provides a focused learning environment. Creating pockets of quiet in a classroom also supports students who struggle with Auditory Processing and Sensory Integration.

Use It in the Classroom

Teachers can create a quiet classroom by reducing background noise, which supports increased Attention towards learning. When this is not possible, designing small areas that serve as quiet spaces can also be beneficial for students. Students can access or work in these spaces when they need to be away from excess noise, leading to greater Self-regulation.

Design It into Your Product

Videos are chosen as examples of strategies in action. These choices are not endorsements of the products or evidence of use of research to develop the feature.

Learn how Too Noisy Pro allows students to self-monitor the noise level in the classroom. With the noise meter and changes in graphics, students can visually observe the volume level in the classroom and adjust accordingly.

When appropriate, products can provide a quiet learning environment through headphones or white noise to support student focus and processing. By reducing extraneous noise and distractions, students can direct their cognitive resources to learning.

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Resources

Below are additional examples, research, and professional development. These resources are possible representations of this strategy, not endorsements.

Examples

Creating Quiet Spaces

Examples and pictures of pockets of quiet

Examples

Video of Voice Level Chart

Example of an interactive and printable voice chart

Research

Autism & Sensory Processing

Subtopic that describes how individuals with autism engaging in sensory processing on Digital Promise's Research Map

Research

Importance of School Facilities

Research on school facilities, including acoustics and noise, and student outcomes