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Doris Catharine Cornelie Knatz Kowaltowski; Pedro Padilha Gonçalves; Benjamin Cleveland – Learning Environments Research, 2024
Education at all levels is being transformed, impacting teaching methods, materials, and the physical learning environment. Over recent years, efforts have been made to align school architecture with contemporary educational practices to create stimulating and responsive teaching and learning environments. In this context, Evidence-Based Design…
Descriptors: Architecture, Building Design, Educational Facilities Design, Educational Environment
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Ke, Fengfeng; Clark, Kathleen M.; Uysal, Seyda – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2019
In this design-based research project, we investigated how and to what extent participating in architectural building and problem solving via a simulation game-based learning platform (called E-Rebuild) would facilitate mathematical practices of middle-school students in the informal learning setting. This study encompasses 2 iterative design…
Descriptors: Architecture, Educational Games, Building Design, Mathematics Education
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English, Lyn D.; King, Donna T. – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2016
How do cross-bracing, geometry, and base isolation help buildings withstand earthquakes? These important structural design features involve fundamental geometry that elementary school students can readily model and understand. The problem activity, Designing an Earthquake-Resistant Building, was undertaken by several classes of sixth- grade…
Descriptors: Natural Disasters, Architecture, Geometry, Elementary School Students
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Jeon, Kijeong; Cotner, Teresa L. – SchoolArts: The Art Education Magazine for Teachers, 2010
Art and art education are open to broader definitions in the twenty-first century. It is time that teachers seriously think about including built environment design in K-12 art education. The term "built environment" includes interior design, architecture, landscape architecture, and urban planning. Due to increased exposure to built environment…
Descriptors: Physical Environment, Architecture, Studio Art, Art Activities