Linking measurements of the physical environment's physiognomies to human behavior and productivity is a rather new task in the fields of education, and social and natural sciences. In education; for example, how can a schoolhouse and its surroundings be measured such that valid and reliable comparisons can be made among student outcomes? For…

The Design Assessment Scale for Elementary Schools (DASE) assists educators and architects in planning and designing developmentally appropriate learning environments for elementary schools. This article examines DASE, its introduction and development, the first step in the instrument's validation process, and the initial reliability coefficients.…