{"id":36575,"date":"2013-01-21T17:02:55","date_gmt":"2013-01-21T22:02:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=36575"},"modified":"2013-01-21T17:54:23","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T22:54:23","slug":"study-shows-how-classroom-design-affects-student-learning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2013\/01\/21\/study-shows-how-classroom-design-affects-student-learning\/","title":{"rendered":"Study shows how classroom design affects student learning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fastcodesign.com\/1671627\/study-shows-how-classroom-design-affects-student-learning\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Study shows how classroom design affects student learning<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from fastcodesign.com by Kyle VanHemert<br \/>\n<em>A new study shows how color, lighting, and other classroom design choices can have a huge impact on student progress.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Excerpt (<span style=\"color: #800000;\">emphasis DSC)<\/span>:<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">As debate over education reform sizzles, and as teachers valiantly continue trying to do more with less, a new study suggests that it might be worth diverting at least a little attention from what\u2019s going on in classrooms to how those spaces are being designed. The paper, published in the journal <em>Building and the Environment<\/em>, found that classroom design could be attributed to a 25% impact, positive or negative, on a student\u2019s progress over the course of an academic year. <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>The difference between the best- and worst-designed classrooms covered in the study? A full year\u2019s worth of academic progress.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0Also see:<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/wiredscience\/2013\/01\/school-design-grades\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>School design may affect a child\u2019s grades <\/strong><\/a>&#8212; from Wired UK by Ian Steadman<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #800000;\">From DSC:<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"> Which reminds me of a recent idea I was thinking about and an accompanying 11&#8243; x 17&#8243; graphic:<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/documents\/DanielChristianJan2013-ExperimentsInCustomizedLearningSpaces.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"DanielChristianJan2013-ExperimentsInCustomizedLearningSpaces\" src=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/DanielChristianJan2013-ExperimentsInCustomizedLearningSpaces.jpg\" width=\"576\" height=\"440\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em>From DSC:<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"> I&#8217;m trying to address the students that are more easily distracted and, due to how their minds process information, have a harder time focusing on the task at hand.\u00a0 In fact, at times, all of the external stimuli can be overwhelming.<strong> How can we provide a learning environment that&#8217;s more under the students&#8217; control?<\/strong> i.e. How can we provide &#8212; using the same exact learning space &#8212; &#8220;volume knobs&#8221; for students&#8217; auditory and visual channels?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Along these lines, I&#8217;m told that some theaters have sensory-friendly film showings &#8212; i.e. with different settings for the lights and sound than is typically offered.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Study shows how classroom design affects student learning &#8212; from fastcodesign.com by Kyle VanHemert A new study shows how color, lighting, and other classroom design choices can have a huge impact on student progress. 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