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  • Children must balance attending to lesson content with ignoring classroom distractions.
  • The impact of environmental stimuli on attention and learning in children is not fully understood.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate how classroom decorations influence overt attention and learning in neurotypical children.
  • To determine the effects of lesson-related versus unrelated decorations on academic performance.

Main Methods:

  • Eye-tracking technology recorded children's overt attention during lessons.
  • Learning was assessed immediately after the lesson and again one week later.
  • Three conditions were compared: lesson-related decorations, unrelated decorations, and empty walls.

Main Results:

  • Children directed more visual attention to lesson-related decorations and the teacher when decorations were unrelated.
  • Learning outcomes were highest in the presence of lesson-related decorations.
  • No significant difference in learning was found between unrelated decorations and empty walls, both immediately and one week later.

Conclusions:

  • Effective attention control, including focusing on relevant information, enhances learning in classroom settings.
  • Irrelevant environmental stimuli in the classroom did not impair learning in middle childhood.
  • Classroom design can be optimized to support attention and academic achievement.