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Sound Enhanced Classroom Technology
Learning Benefits & Research Review
To Maximize Teacher
Performance & Student
Achievement
Jeff AndersonAudio Enhancement
The Effect Audio Enhancement Has On Classroom Learning • Dramatically improved student
achievement, especially with targeted NCLB students
• Has helped schools nationwide meet and exceed Federal mandated improvement standards & Adequate Yearly Progress -AYP
What Happens When Students Can’t Hear?
• National Geographic Reports– A Cornell University Study
Cornell University Conclusion
• If students can not focus on the spoken work of the teacher, students not only loose the desire to learn but also the ability
– Poor acoustics can interfere with the student’s development of spoken language, reading and writing skills, and academic performanceEvans, “Community Noise Exposure and Stress in
Children” (Journal Acoustical Society of America, 2001)
The Problem
Discussion of the Needs of Today’s Modern Classroom
Problem Solution What Happens?
Environment Results TouchyFeely
The Problem• Failing Schools, Failing Students • Lack of Improvement for Targeted
NCLB Students • Not Meeting AYP• Teacher Absenteeism & Vocal
Fatigue• Student Misbehavior• Increased Class Size • Environmental factors
– Acoustics– Noise
Problem Solution What Happens?
Environment Results TouchyFeely
The Solution
How Do We Address These Needs?
Problem Solution What Happens?
Environment Results TouchyFeely
Top 10 Returns On Investment
1. Timely and Sustained Teacher Support 2. High-Speed Internet Access 3. Risk Assessment 4. Microphones for Teachers Research shows that students in amplified classrooms are making significant gains in achievement. 5. Video-on Demand 6. Wireless Environments 7. Digital Projectors 8. Data Management Tools 9. Portable Storage 10. Online Subscriptions
Technology & Learning Magazine November, 2004 Issue
Consortium of School Networking (CoSN) Sound-field Enhancement in the Classroom Has:
• Transformative Value• Universal Design Application
Benefits to Students: • Enhances & Distributes Teacher’s Voice Evenly• Creates More Personal Teaching Environment• Enables Students to Listen Better and More Clearly Focus
“Adaptation of Infrared Technology to Classroom Sound-field Amplification has been an Important Breakthrough, Making it Compatible with Universal Design Principles and Usable in Schools of Any Size.”
HOT TECHNOLOGIES FOR K-12 SCHOOLS The 2005 Guide for Technology Decision Makers
November, 2004
Enhance The Learning Environment
• Use of Audio Enhancement technology– Infrared wireless microphone on
teacher– Ceiling speakers distributed evenly– 360 degree infrared sensors– Infrared receiver/amplifier in room – Infrared student pass around
microphone– Integration with multi-media
technologiesProblem Solution What
Happens?Environment Results Touchy
Feely
What Is an Audio Enhanced Classroom?
Problem Solution What Happens?
Environment Results TouchyFeely
Enhancement vs. Amplification
• Traditional amplification system– Amplifies and makes the voice or
presentation louder but not necessarily clear and understandable
• Enhancement system– Distributes the voice evenly
throughout the listening environment– Voice is clear and understandable
regardless of physical position of speaker and listener
Problem Solution What Happens?
Environment Results TouchyFeely
What Happens?
What Happens to the Classroom Environment
With Audio Enhancement?
Problem Solution What Happens?
Environment Results TouchyFeely
What Happens?• Ideal teaching environment:
– One-on-one instruction
• Allow students to hear and understand information given
• Eliminate distance• Teacher can speak in nurturing
tones• Teacher can be heard over
disturbances
Problem Solution What Happens?
Environment Results TouchyFeely
Student’s Hearing• Adults have a distinct advantage
in audio processing…– Children’s auditory network not
developed until 15– Adults have life experience that fills
in the blanks– Children DO NOT have the years of
experience– Children have difficulty performing
auditory-cognitive closure
Problem Solution What Happens?
Environment Results TouchyFeely
Student’s HearingHuman speech is filled with
gaps.
• There are gaps in sound and meaning when we speak. In adults who have the benefit of experience, the brain automatically fills in the gaps and makes language meaningful.
Problem Solution What Happens?
Environment Results TouchyFeely
How Do Students Listen Differently From Adults?• Better to be safe than• Don’t bite the hand that• You can’t teach an old dog new• A penny saved is• Children should be seen and not• If at first you don’t succeed
• Punch a 5th Grader• Looks dirty• math• Not much• Spanked or grounded• Get new batteries
Problem Solution What Happens?
Environment Results TouchyFeely
Teacher Absenteeism Decline With Audio Enhancement Systems
• Iowa Teacher had a 36% decline in teacher absenteeism. Lower teacher complaints of vocal fatigue & sick leave for voice, jaw, throat problems
- Allen, Dubuque Iowa Public Schools, 1996
A study of nationwide school districts showed up to a 30% decrease in teacher absenteeism when using sound enhancement
– BYU, Department of Marriage Family Human Development, 2003
Problem Solution What Happens?
Environment Results TouchyFeely
Substantial financial savings in substitute teacher pay & uninterrupted student learning
Environment
What Role Does the Environment Play?
Problem Solution What Happens?
Environment Results TouchyFeely
Distance Matters• Sound decreases over distance• 6 db every time distance is
doubled• Inverse Square Law
6dB Decrease
8-Feet 8-Feet
Problem Solution What Happens?
Environment Results TouchyFeely
Research Based Results
Anaheim Public Schools, CAOrange County Public
Schools, FL
Denver Public Schools, COJeffco Public Schools, COOakland Public Schools,
MISalt Lake City Area
Schools
Problem Solution What Happens?
Environment Results TouchyFeely
Improved Teacher Instruction & Student Achievement – Oakland ISD
• Intermediate schools showed minimum of 10% gains
• 4 years of data following implementation
• 75% of all classrooms sound enhanced in the district
Edwards, Office of Student Services, Oakland ISD Sound Field report, 2003
Problem Solution What Happens?
Environment Results TouchyFeely
Improved Teacher Instruction & Student Achievement – OCPS (FL) Secondary Schools
• 3-year historical gains study reported improved student achievement with 6th–7th–8th grade students.
• 10-11% minimum gain as measured by FCAT (Bernier, Odyssey Middle School, Orange County Public Schools, FL 2003)(Clark, Orange County Public Schools, FL, 2002)
Problem Solution What Happens?
Environment Results TouchyFeely
Improved Teacher Instruction & Student Achievement – OCPS (FL) Elementary Schools
• Urban Title-I schools - Reversal in student performance are in Urban Title-I schools Orange County Public Schools, Orlando, Florida
• Increased student achievement 10% to 15% as measured by FCAT
Problem Solution What Happens?
Environment Results TouchyFeely
Orange County Public Schools Reverse Failing Scores 3rd Grade
Problem Solution What Happens?
Environment Results TouchyFeely
Reading Math
Before - 2001-02
After - 2002-03
Orange County Public Schools Reverse Failing Scores 4th Grade
Problem Solution What Happens?
Environment Results TouchyFeely
Reading Math
Before - 2001-02
After - 2002-03
Reading Math
Orange County Public Schools Reverse Failing Scores 5th Grade
Before - 2001-02
After - 2002-03
Problem Solution What Happens?
Environment Results TouchyFeely
Improved Teacher Instruction & Student Achievement – Anaheim (CA) Elementary Schools
• Multiple year study of 3rd and 4th grade student cohorts reported up to 15% gains in reading, math, language and spelling over a 3-year period as measured with Stanford-9 Achievement Tests. (Boggs & McClanahan, Anaheim Public Schools, CA, 2003)
Problem Solution What Happens?
Environment Results TouchyFeely
Literacy and Math Gains Anaheim, CA Public School 3rd and 4th Grades
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Reading Math Language Spelling
3rd/ 013rd/ 02 - Audio-Enhanced4th/ 014th/ 02 - Audio-Enhanced
Problem Solution What Happens?
Environment Results TouchyFeely
Improved Teacher Instruction & Student Achievement –
Salt Lake County Elementary
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Math Reading Language Science SocialScience
CompleteBattery2000 - No Intervention
2001 - Audio-Enhanced
2002 - Audio-Enhanced
Problem Solution What Happens?
Environment Results TouchyFeely
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65
75
2nd GRADE - 2000 3rd GRADE - 2001 4th GRADE - 2002 5th Grade - 2003
CLASS AVERAGES
English Secondary Language (ESL/ELL) Students Learn Better
AVERAGE GAIN 16.25%
Problem Solution What Happens?
Environment Results TouchyFeely
• 3-Year Academic Growth of student cohort in audio enhanced classrooms (Salt Lake County, UT)
High Achieving Schools Also Benefit From Sound Enhancement
• JEFFCO Public Schools - Colorado– Maple Grove Elementary
• Previously scored in 8th and 9th Stanines• Assessments increased average of 3.6 %
after implementation of enhancement• Earned “John Irwin school of excellence”
Problem Solution What Happens?
Environment Results TouchyFeely
CSAP Test Gains
72
77
82
87
92
97
3rd Reading
4th Reading
4th Writing
5th Reading
2001 - No Intervention2002 - Audio-Enhanced
Problem Solution What Happens?
Environment Results TouchyFeely
Improved Phonemic Awareness
• Phonemic Awareness (sounds of spoken language) is a prerequisite to successful reading & comprehension
• Teachers instruction in sound enhanced classrooms had significantly improved student development of phonemic awareness’
(Flexer, University of Akron, 2002)
Problem Solution What Happens?
Environment Results TouchyFeely
Student Evaluation Results
Teaching to Enhance Listening and Learning
IT IS EASIER TO HEAR MY TEACHER WHEN SHE/HE USES THE SOUND SYSTEM
MY TEACHER’S VOICE IS LOUD AND CLEAR WITH THE SOUND SYSTEM
THE SOUND SYSTEM HELPS ME LISTEN BETTER
WHEN MY TEACHER IS WRITING ON THE BOARD, I CAN STILL HEAR HIM/HER WITH THE SOUND SYSTEM
I LIKE HAVING MY TEACHER USE THE SOUND SYSTEM IN OUR CLASSROOM
YES!
98%
95%
92%
93%
97%
Problem Solution What Happens?
Environment Results TouchyFeely
Student Classroom Behavior Improved
• Students in OCPS, Oakland ISD, Salt Lake, Anaheim studies noted improved student on-task behavior, attention span, and short-term memory retention in sound enhanced classrooms
• Coincides with University of West Florida study that found sound enhanced classrooms reduced off-task student behavior
(Ryan, University of West Florida, 2002)
Problem Solution What Happens?
Environment Results TouchyFeely
Increased Class Size Did Not Negatively Affect Student Achievement in Sound Enhanced Classrooms
• Unexpected Class Size Increase of Students (15-20%) in OCPS, Oakland ISD, Salt Lake, Anaheim multiple year studies
• Results showed continued positive student achievement of 10-15% on standardized testing (Stanford 9s & FCAT) regardless of increased size
Problem Solution What Happens?
Environment Results TouchyFeely
Teaching to Enhance Listening and Learning
Teacher Evaluation Results
Teacher Evaluation 5=Strongly Agree 3=Neutral 1=Strongly Disagree
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1.5
2
2.5
3
3.5
4
4.5
5 Oral assignments/ less
reinstructionMore attentive students
Better voice projection
Better listening
Less fatigue
Less voice strain
Easy to use
Students prefer
amplificationEnjoy the system
Like to keep it
Problem Solution What Happens?
Environment Results TouchyFeely
Touchy Feely
Some Subjective Analysis
Problem Solution What Happens?
Environment Results TouchyFeely
What Teachers Say• You can take away my desks and manuals but
I’ll bar the door if you take my amplification equipment. Louise Ortberg, Fulton school
• I love my sound field! It has made a huge difference in the fatigue level of my voice. It is less strained and I have fewer sore throats as a result. Sue Emmendorfer
• I found the microphone to be very beneficial when reading journals, textbooks, or reading stories. The kids volunteer to read out loud a lot more when the microphone is in use. Scott Wilkie
Problem Solution What Happens?
Environment Results TouchyFeely
What Principals Say• Made a significant change in the
learning environment• Students more actively engaged in
learning process• Teachers spend more time teaching less
time managing student behaviors• “I believe that the increased scores can
be directly attributed to the implementation of sound enhancement because we made no other significant changes in our instructional program or staff”
Problem Solution What Happens?
Environment Results TouchyFeely
Instructional Equipment Survey
Equipment #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6
Classroom Amplification 95% 5% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Computer 0% 37% 47% 0% 16% 0%
Overhead Projector 5% 40% 25% 15% 10% 5%
TV 0% 0% 15% 40% 20% 25%
Tape Recorder 0% 16% 20% 11% 16% 37%
VCR 0% 5% 21% 42% 26% 6%
Teachers were asked to rank the following equipment from 1 to 6 with 1 being the piece of equipment that has the greatest direct influence on learning.
Problem Solution What Happens?
Environment Results TouchyFeely
For further information regarding audio enhanced classrooms:
Audio Enhancement
800-383-9362
www.Audioenhancement.com