Table 5.
The results of the five separate RM ANOVAs. In each analysis, one within-subject variable was used (i.e., the items in each factor). Also seen are the Bonferroni post hoc tests
| n | Mean | SD | Within-subject F-value | Post hoc | ||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |||||
| Factor 1: Ease of hearing | ||||||||||||
| 1. The dining area/canteen | 148 | 2.6 | 1.2 | 28.419*** | – | n.s. | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 2. The corridors | 148 | 2.3 | 1.0 | – | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | ||
| 3. The assembly hall | 129 | 2.0 | 0.9 | – | n.s. | n.s. | * | n.s. | *** | |||
| 4. The sports hall | 148 | 2.0 | 1.0 | – | n.s. | n.s. | n.s. | ** | ||||
| 5. The art room/s | 144 | 1.9 | 0.9 | – | n.s. | n.s. | n.s. | |||||
| 6. The music room/s | 147 | 1.8 | 0.9 | – | n.s. | n.s. | ||||||
| 7. The handicraft room | 148 | 1.8 | 0.9 | – | n.s. | |||||||
| 8. My tutor/form room | 148 | 1.7 | 0.8 | – | ||||||||
| Factor 2: Annoyance | ||||||||||||
| 1. Doing a test or an exam | 146 | 2.5 | 1.4 | 8.503*** | – | n.s. | n.s. | n.s. | *** | *** | ||
| 2. Trying to hear what the teacher is saying | 145 | 2.4 | 1.2 | – | n.s. | n.s. | *** | *** | ||||
| 3. Working with numbers (e.g., in a mathematics or science lesson) | 146 | 2.3 | 1.2 | – | n.s. | n.s. | n.s. | |||||
| 4. Reading | 146 | 2.3 | 1.2 | – | n.s. | ** | ||||||
| 5. Trying to hear what another student in my class is saying | 146 | 2.0 | 1.0 | – | n.s. | |||||||
| 6. Writing | 146 | 2.0 | 1.0 | – | ||||||||
| Factor 3: Impact of noise | ||||||||||||
| 1. I don’t learn as much as in a quiet lesson | 126 | 2.6 | 1.1 | 0.640 | ||||||||
| 2. My concentration is easily broken | 131 | 2.7 | 1.0 | |||||||||
| 3. I have to work extra hard to do my work | 128 | 2.5 | 1.1 | |||||||||
| 4. I don’t try as hard | 128 | 2.5 | 1.1 | |||||||||
| Factor 4: Sounds coming from inside the classroom | ||||||||||||
| 1. Students talking loudly to each other in your classroom | 149 | 2.7 | 1.1 | 8.386*** | – | n.s. | * | *** | ||||
| 2. Student moving about in your classroom | 149 | 2.7 | 1.2 | – | n.s. | *** | ||||||
| 3. Sudden, unexpected sounds (e.g., banging on doors and bins clattering) | 149 | 2.5 | 1.0 | – | n.s. | |||||||
| 4. Mobile phones (ringtones or any other sounds) | 149 | 2.3 | 0.8 | – | ||||||||
| Factor 5: Sounds coming from outside the classroom | ||||||||||||
| 1. Lorries, cars, buses, and motorbikes | 149 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 32.031*** | – | *** | *** | *** | *** | |||
| 2. Sirens | 149 | 1.4 | 0.7 | – | n.s. | *** | *** | |||||
| 3. Teachers in classrooms near your classroom | 148 | 1.4 | 0.8 | – | * | *** | ||||||
| 4. Aircraft (e.g., planes and helicopters) | 149 | 1.2 | 0.5 | – | *** | |||||||
| 5. Trains | 149 | 1.1 | 0.5 | – | ||||||||
*P<0.05, **P<0.01 and ***P<0.001.