AUTHOR=Sarfaty Lihi , Ben-Eliyahu Adar 

TITLE=Brief report: noise reduction in preschool from a self-regulated learning perspective—implementation of a game-based voice regulation training program

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychology

VOLUME=14

YEAR=2023

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1213348

DOI=10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1213348

ISSN=1664-1078

ABSTRACT=<p>An 8-week voice regulation training program (VRTP) incorporating everyday activities was implemented in an experimental preschool classroom (EG; <italic>n</italic> = 34), which was compared with a control preschool classroom (CG; <italic>n</italic> = 31). The VRTP includes songs, games, and conversations aiming to raise children's awareness of noise levels and teach voice modulation skills. Grounded in the theoretical framework of self-regulated learning, the study's objectives were to evaluate the impact of the VRTP on noise levels, children's self-regulation, and pre-literacy skills. Noise levels were assessed weekly using an electronic noise meter before and during the program. The EG preschoolers demonstrated modest but significant improvements over their pre-VRTP levels of voice modulation, behavioral and emotional self-regulated learning, and pre-literacy skills, in contrast with the CG children. The findings provide evidence that young children's self-regulation may be enhanced in preschool, challenging the field of developmental–educational psychology to consider self-regulated learning during early childhood.</p>