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12 Design Principles Based on Brain-Based Learning Research. |
Designing successful brain-compatible learning environments requires educators and design professionals to transform traditional thinking. Design must be approached in a holistic, systemic way,... |
12/31/1997 |
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21st-Century Learning Q&A |
Twenty-five architects comment on the latest innovations in designing for future learning, as well as how design can support these trends. Questions answered include: What are the latest ideas/... |
10/31/2011 |
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30 Strategies for Education Reform. |
This synthesizes key learning theories and current practices into 30 strategies for reforming educational programs and for the facilities that accommodate them. These include interactive learning... |
12/31/2002 |
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A Beautiful School Is a Caring School. |
Beautiful school buildings are often associated with higher cost, extravagance, or both. This article reviews several studies on school building aesthetics and concludes that, in addition to... |
05/31/2004 |
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A Bibliography of Design Value for the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment. |
Gathers and summarizes significant research that examines the value added by good architectural design in healthcare, education, crime and safety, housing, and social inclusion. |
12/31/2004 |
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A Blueprint for Change. A Learner-Focused Curriculum Drove the Design of Minnesota's Chaska High School |
The state-of-the-art Chaska High School in Minnesota has an environment that epitomizes learner-focused, self-directed, technologically advanced learning. It focuses on the house or school-within-a-... |
01/31/1998 |
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A Brave New Campus--Marysville Getchell High School Campus 2011 MacConnell Award Winner. |
Extensive case study of award winning high school outside Seattle, Washington that redefines high school education. Discusses communities of learners, taking chances, starting with the learner, being... |
11/30/2011 |
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A Comparative Study of Pupil Attitudes toward New and Old School Buildings. |
Student attitudes toward the physical environment of a school opened in 1980 are compared to student attitudes toward two older schools: one constructed in 1923, the other in 1936. The control group... |
12/31/1981 |
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A Gender Perspective on Educational Facilities. |
Explores the planning and design of educational facilities from a gender perspective, with a view to guiding future research and policy analysis. The article argues that social relations are... |
06/30/2010 |
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A Guide to Lowering Test Scores. |
Discusses the adverse impact of poor classroom air quality on student performance and how school officials can eliminate the sources of indoor air pollution. Describes Environmental Protection Agency... |
08/31/2002 |
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A Model for Building Condition and Student Achievement and Behavior |
Based on business studies concluding that a better environment is related to higher production and greater employee satisfaction and on research conducted in schools, the author has constructed a... |
06/30/1993 |
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A Model Program in a Remodeled Building. |
Renovations contributed to academic improvement at an Issaquah (Washington) elementary school. Enclosing an open-air corridor enabled it to be used for educational activities. Double doors connected... |
06/30/2001 |
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A Natural History of Place in Education. |
Considers the philosophy of place in education, the history of and current trends in school design, the school infrastructure crisis, and the relationship between the philosophy of education and... |
12/31/2003 |
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A Sound Foundation? What We Know about the Impact of Environments on Learning and the Implications for Building Schools for the Future |
This paper reports on a literature review conducted in the UK for the Design Council and CfBT (Higgins et al., 2005) which looked at the evidence of the impact of environments on learning in schools... |
01/31/2007 |
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A Statewide Study of Student Achievement and Behavior and School Building Condition. |
This paper presents findings of a study that examined the relationship between student achievement/behavior and school-building condition. A survey sent to all high schools in North Dakota elicited a... |
08/31/1995 |
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A Study into the Effects of Light on Children of Elementary School-Age--A Case of Daylight Robbery. |
This report describes a 2-year study of the effects of various lighting systems on elementary school students' dental health, attendance, growth and development, vision, and academic achievement... |
12/31/1991 |
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A Study of Disparities among School Facilities in North Carolina: Effects of Race and Economic Status. |
This study examines the relationship between the physical state of elementary school facilities in North Carolina and the proportion of low-income and African-American children attending each schools... |
12/31/1998 |
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A Study of the Architecture and Curriculum of Virginia High Schools. |
Provides a written and pictorial history of the architectural and curricular features of Virginia high schools. 284 high school buildings which best represented an architectural period, beginning... |
03/31/1995 |
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A Study of the Effect School Facility Conditions Have on Student Achievement. |
Explores the effect school facilities have on student achievement as measured by the Texas Assessment of Academic Skills (TAAS) test in a high-performing, high-poverty school district in Texas. This... |
04/30/2003 |
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A Study of the Relationship Among New School Buildings and Student Academic Performance and School Climate in Mississippi. |
This was a correlational study, conducted in 10 Mississippi schools, built since 1999. It was designed to add to the limited research related to building conditions, amenities, student grade point... |
12/31/2004 |
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A Study of the Relationship Between School Building Condition and Student Achievement and Behavior |
This study found the student achievement scores, student discipline incidents, and science achievement scores were higher in schools with better building conditions.. Cosmetic building condition... |
12/31/1992 |
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A Study of the Relationship Between School Building Conditions and Academic Achievement of Twelfth Grade Students in Kuwaiti Public High Schools. |
Explores the relationship between school building conditions and the academic achievement of twelfth students in selected public high schools in Kuwait. The population of the study was 56 high... |
04/30/2002 |
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A Study on the Relationship between Students' Achievement, School Size and Gender. |
The relationship between school size and students' achievement in reading and mathematics by school level and gender was studied in order to illuminate issues of school size and equity and... |
01/26/2000 |
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A Summary of Scientific Findings on Adverse Effects of Indoor Environments on Students' Health, Academic Performance and Attendance. |
Summarizes the current state of scientific knowledge about the adverse impacts of school indoor environments on health and performance. Key gaps in knowledge and critical outstanding research... |
03/31/2004 |
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A Survey Study of Elementary Classroom Seating Designs. |
This paper presents the results of a two-part study that investigated classroom seating design preferences among elementary classroom teachers. In part one, the researchers mapped and classified... |
12/31/2000 |
