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Simple Solution May Greatly Improve Student Test Scores
Springfield, OH October 12, 2004 -- Getting students in a classroom to focus on their work, while sitting
amongst 30 other classmates is a task many teachers face every day. With heavy emphasis on testing,
distractions play a major role.
Scholastic Instructor magazine has named the “My Office” desktop study carrel from ClassroomProducts.com
as one of its Best Bests under $5.00, for 2004. “My Office” is a low cost, low tech solution to an ever
increasing problem . . . classroom distractions. A study carrel is simply a 3 wall “cubicle” which sets on the
desktop, providing privacy from the front and sides. ClassroomProducts.com has die-cut the heavy
cardboard unit so that it folds cleanly, and adapts easily to a desktop.
Judy White, Principal of Herberich Primary School in Akron, Ohio, is very pleased with the product. “As I
walked through the halls each day, I noticed that entire classes were using your product. Students were
working diligently and quietly on their schoolwork. Teachers were very pleased with the way the “My Office”
allowed students to have privacy as they worked.” As for the cost, “This is a great product and inexpensive
enough that every child is able to have his/her own study carrel.”
Libraries have used study carrels for years, knowing their capability of keeping noise levels down, and giving
user’s privacy and a better environment for focusing on their work.
According to “Parents, Let's Unite for Kids”, a private nonprofit organization founded in 1984 by a group of
parents of children with disabilities and chronic health problems, ADD children are more comfortable and
productive when they are concentrating if unimportant stimuli are reduced or eliminated . . . "some ADD
children like to use study carrels with sides that cut off visual distractions and reduce noise".
The Alaska Comprehensive System of Student Assessment (CSSA) states in their “Comprehensive System
of Student Assessment Benchmark 2 Test Administration Directions” that cardboard carrels help students
work individually. “We named the study carrels “My Office”, says Ron Zerrer of ClassroomProducts.com, “so
that students would “own” the products as their own space. We highly suggest that teachers let the students
decorate the outside of the study carrels to even further this sense of ownership”.
“It’s such a low cost product”, says Kenny Kiskis of ClassroomProducts.com. “We find, unfortunately, that
many teachers have to pay for these out of their own pockets. That is why we have worked so hard to keep
the price low. We have suggested to many that they seek out the help of their Parent Teacher Organizations.
Many times they have taken care of the costs”.
About ClassroomProducts.com:
Low-cost cardboard products for teachers, such as desktop study carrels, science fair boards, storage units,
art portfolios, fake bricks, corn horns, playground cones, classroom border storage boxes, free famous
quotation handouts and fundraisers.
ClassroomProducts.com
Practical . . . Ingenious . . . Cheap
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(Sold in packs of 20, 30, or 40)
"My Office" study carrels fold out to give your student a
20"(W) x 17"(D) desktop work area, with 12" front and
sidewalls. The perfect size for privacy.
As a great art or "fun" project, we highly suggest having
students decorate and personalize their "Office" (See
pictures).
Price INCLUDES Shipping!*
All Prices INCLUDE Shipping!!*
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"Best of the Best of 2004" by Scholastic Instructor Magazine!
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