Sitting and Standing Students (08-28-15)
A sit-stand desk intervention for 10 year olds in a New Zealand classroom has significantly improved those children’s school-related experiences.
Optimize Learning Outcomes
Schools for the Future: Design Proposals from Architectural Psychology
Key insights on designing schools
Learning More About School Design
Lessons for a new age
Build in Flexibility (07-14-15)
Applied research at Harvard University indicates the value of creating flexible academic environments and coordinating new space types with desired educational experiences.
Classrooms for Autistic Students
Supporting autistic students
Natural Light - What Cognitive Scientists Know
Humans prefer natural to artificial light and research links the natural light we favor to better health (emotional and physical) and mental performance.
Design That Encourages Students to Pay Attention
Designing to support engagement
Designing for Activity
More on creating the spaces where pupils with ADHD learn best
Classroom Design Resource
Learning about classroom design
Thermal Comfort in Schools Depends (02-16-15)
Data collected by de Dear and his team indicates that primary and secondary school students’ assessments of the temperatures in schools depends on their life experiences.