Be Careful of Classroom Decoration

"Heavily decorated classrooms can bombard students with too much visual information, interfering with their memory and ability to focus, a new study finds." So begins an article by Youki Terada on Edutopia.com.

The author explains: "This is just the latest study to examine the relationship between classroom environment and students' executive functions, which include skills like memory, attention, and self-regulation.

While teachers have good intentions when decorating, many classrooms end up being 'sensory-rich in a way that could hamper children's learning gains rather than help,' according to psychologists Pedro Rodrigues and Josefa Pandeirada, who coauthored the study."

Source: “Dos and Don’ts of Classroom Decorations,” by Youki Terada, Edutopia.com, October 24, 2018

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