Preferred Study Locations
Prospect and refuge a plus
College/University
Images and Student Opinions (04-29-21)
Devlin and colleagues evaluated how classroom images seen by prospective college students influence their opinions of colleges and universities. Their findings are likely applicable both in this context and others. The Devlin-lead team found that when “participants read a scenario about a college too far away to visit and viewed a website picture of a seminar room (unrenovated or renovated) before responding to measures of classroom satisfaction and college academic life more broadly (e.g., student retention).. . . . Classroom status . . .
Boosting Learning Via Science-Informed Design
Learning is a complicated operation for our brains—design can ease the process, however, whether you're studying at an elementary school or in a corporate learning suite. Applying what neuroscientists know about how design can support learning makes it a more productive and positive experience—even when recess is not an option.
Fine-Tuning Classroom Width
Emotion, performance effects
Designing Flexible Classrooms (04-26-21)
Research completed by Bekiroglu and teammates indicates the value of incorporating opportunities for flexibility and movement into higher-education classrooms. The team report that their research determined that “(a) flexible room layout and movable furniture enabled participants to create settings that could support students’ group interactions; (b) flexible room layout and movable tools enabled people to move around to enhance student–to–student and teacher–to–student interaction; and (c) through the movement of furniture and tools and movement of people, participants were able to easily
Effects of Active Learning, Teaching, Design (04-22-21)
Hao, Barnes, and Jing investigated the effects of college level active learning on educational outcomes; classroom layouts and furnishings can provide more or less support for active learning. The researchers determined that “Active learning environments were found to have little influence, whereas active learning and teaching were found to have a significantly-positive influence on student achievements. . . . Active learning classrooms, characterised by open learning spaces, movable tables and seats, and learning technologies, are designed to better support effective learning. . . .
Plants Preferred
Confirmations and new insights
Classroom Conditions and Student Achievement (10-23-20)
Brink and colleagues evaluated links between college/university classroom conditions and student performance.
Nature IN Classrooms (10-16-20)
Van den Bogerd and colleagues studied the effects of having plants in a university and secondary school classrooms.
Safer Schools (06-30-20)
The AIA has released a report “detailing strategies that can reduce risk of COVID-19 transmission in K-12 facilities.”
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