Designing The Classroom To Enhance Learning

Annie Murphy Paul:

Classroom design can have a significant effect on students' academic progress, reports Adi Bloom in the Times Educational Supplement:

"Academics from the University of Salford in Britain examined how much pupils' environment affects their performance, looking at whether certain types of classrooms encourage learning learning. Their findings were published in the latest issue of the journal Building and Environment.

Researchers examined the academic achievement of 751 pupils, studying in 34 classrooms across seven schools. Their observations found that 73 per cent of the variation in pupils' performance could be explained by environmental factors.

In fact, the difference between the academic performance of an average pupil placed in the worst classroom, compared with that of a pupil placed in the best classroom, was equal to the average improvement of a child during an entire academic year."

Posted by Jim Zellmer at February 27, 2013 2:56 AM
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