Designing for Users With Autism
Autism treatment center design case study
Optimize Learning Outcomes
Standing Up in Class (09-30-14)
Benden and his colleagues investigated how providing students with stand-biased desks (taller desks equipped with footrests for one foot while students stand and tall-ish stools) instead of conventional school desks influenced experiences at school.
Building Spaces for Activity Breaks into Schools
Better support for learning
Designing Physical Activity Into Schoolyards (09-09-14)
Research conducted in Finland supports the design of school playgrounds that encourage active living.
Classroom Design and Student Perceptions
Studying outside comfort zones
Supporting Sleep with Design
Sleeping area design can make "good sleeps" more likely.
Research on Learning Spaces Design (08-26-14)
The Society for College and University Planning (SCUP) has released the final report of Boys, Melhuish, and Wilson, the team awarded SCUP’s 2013-2014 M. Perry Chapman Prize.
Lighting and In-School Behavior
Lighting that makes desirable behavior more likely
Connecting Preschool Classrooms to Nature
Direct links to nature affect students and teachers.
Nature Views from High Schools
Value of green views explained.