Perhaps you are thinking of the following study: Greene, B. F., Bailey, J. S., & Barber, F. (1981). An analysis and reduction of disruptive behavior on school buses. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 14, 177-192.
The author rode on school buses armed with a sound-level meter, a visual feedback system (a light panel), and a boom box. When the noise level on the bus was maintained below a criterion level (and there were no other, non-noisy disruptions such as roughhousing and out-of-seat activity), the students could listen to music on the boom box. Claudia At 03:48 PM 2/26/2002 -0600, you wrote: >Hi > >On Tue, 26 Feb 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> are there any experimental noise reduction instruments or techniques >> that have been utilized to reduce classroom noise?I visited a 9th grade classroom and the noise was intolerable. >> I am toying with the idea of inventing a noise meter that would record the level of noise and emit a skunk type of odor when the noise level >> reached a certain level. >> Is there a similar type of contingecy management system around? > >I would have thought that psychology teachers would know that >reinforcement works better than punishment. Anyway, I recall >reading and lecturing on a study many years ago now in which a >classroom (perhaps some kind of lab??) was wired so that when >noise levels were below a certain level music played. The >contingency worked as demonstrated by ABAB design. > >Best wishes >Jim > ________________________________________________________ Claudia J. Stanny, Ph.D. e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Department of Psychology Phone: (850) 474 - 3163 University of West Florida FAX: (850) 857 - 6060 Pensacola, FL 32514 - 5751 Web: http://www.uwf.edu/psych/stanny.html --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
