Study Breaks (01-22-09)
What sorts of spaces seem most restorative for college students?
What sorts of spaces seem most restorative for college students?
College students who are more frequent users of campus green spaces rate their quality of life higher than students who do not use green spaces as often.
Determining user responses requires a post-occupancy evaluation (POE). Although their use is less frequent in landscape design, this example illustrates how widely applicable the POE process can be.
Rosen reviews recent research on multitasking.
Dormitories where student rooms are grouped into suites have a lower sense of community than dormitories in which student rooms are arranged along long double-loaded corridors.
Individuals working in spaces with live interior plants or window views have significantly higher levels of job satisfaction than people who work in spaces without live plants or windows.
The National Summit on School Design, sponsored by the American Architectural Foundation and the KnowledgeWorks Foundation, developed several concrete suggestions for improved school design.
Extraverts and introverts prefer to study in different sorts of environments, according to Cassidy and MacDonald.
Children with ADHD concentrate better when they can hear white noise.
Environment-behavior specialists have learned a great deal about the optimal design of spaces for learning.