A Survey of The Unoccupied Acoustic Conditions of Active Learning Classrooms in Montreal

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Keywords:

classroom acoustics, speech intelligibility, active learning classroom

Abstract

Educators have developed innovative teaching strategies in order to maximize learning outcomes in classrooms. Active learning classrooms are new learning spaces that facilitate the teaching strategies with enhanced students’ engagement and collaborative discussions. However, acoustic requirements of the active learning classrooms have not been investigated yet. This paper presents, thus, the acoustic conditions of the active learning classrooms located in Montreal. The acoustical parameters such as background noise, reverberation time and speech transmission index in unoccupied conditions are examined. The results show that although all the classes are newly renovated and equipped to be used as active learning classrooms, the majority of them do not meet the standard acoustic requirements for reverberation time and background noise level respectively. Further studies on occupied conditions of active learning classrooms can provide a better understanding of the acoustical design requirements for these spaces.

Author Biographies

Shiva Hadavi, Concordia University

Department of Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering

Joonhee Lee, Concordia University

Assistant Professor

Department of Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering

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Published

2019-04-26

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Hadavi S, Lee J. A Survey of The Unoccupied Acoustic Conditions of Active Learning Classrooms in Montreal. Canadian Acoustics [Internet]. 2019 Apr. 26 [cited 2025 Feb. 15];47(1):81-6. Available from: https://jcaa.caa-aca.ca/index.php/jcaa/article/view/3252

Issue

Vol. 47 No. 1 (2019)

Section

Murray's special issue

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