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Dunn, Rita; And Others – 1983
A review of the literature indicated that some studies had investigated the effects of light on learning, but that learning style preferences for bright or low light had not been studied in relation to academic achievement. This relationship was studied with fourth-graders in a suburban school in New York State. Students took the Learning Styles…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Environment, Cognitive Style, Comparative Analysis
Peer reviewedLim, Tock Keng – Educational Psychology: An International Journal of Experimental Educational Psychology, 1995
Reports on a study of students' perceptions of classroom environment and learning styles among 1,733 Singapore 10th-graders. Finds that school type had the most influence on the students' perceptions of both actual and preferred classroom environment. Also finds gender had lesser influence and learning styles had the least influence. (CFR)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Educational Environment, Females, Foreign Countries
Dunn, Rita; And Others – 1983
Previous research has examined whether manipulation of one environmental element, such as sound, significantly affected group norms for achievement. This investigation examined the relation of preferred and actual acoustic environment on reading performance. Subjects were 32 male and 32 female sixth-graders from a suburban school in New York State…
Descriptors: Acoustics, Biological Influences, Classroom Environment, Cognitive Style
