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Hayashi, Kazumasa; Mochizuki, Toshio; Yamauchi, Yuhei – Learning Environments Research, 2023
This research explored the best shapes and layouts of seating arrangements for fostering process performances of students in studio-style learning spaces, which have emerged in the development of collaborative learning environments in higher education. We conducted a design case study to explore both team and individual process performances during…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Classroom Design, Furniture, Classroom Environment
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Sasson, Irit; Malkinson, Noam; Oria, Tutia – Learning Environments Research, 2022
In recent years, the importance of the pedagogical and physical design of new learning environments has grown. Around the world, innovative pedagogy has been implemented to address, among other things, the development of social skills. In this study, we examined an educational program that is an applied example of the constructivist approach whose…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Classroom Design, Group Unity, Cooperative Learning
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Ralph, Michael; Schneider, Blair; Benson, David R.; Ward, Douglas; Vartia, Anthony – Learning Environments Research, 2022
Instruction based on active learning is being promoted in higher education by the creation of new collaborative teaching and learning spaces, but capacity does not yet exist for all courses to be held in these new spaces. In this study, we examined how students choose between sections of the same course, with the same materials and techniques used…
Descriptors: Classroom Design, Space Utilization, Enrollment, Academic Achievement
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Clinton, Virginia; Wilson, Nicholas – Learning Environments Research, 2019
The well-known benefits of collaborative learning have prompted the development of active learning classrooms that are designed to facilitate peer interaction. Given the expense of designing active learning classrooms, examining student perceptions of these learning spaces is critical. Furthermore, it is not well understood how the type of…
Descriptors: Classroom Design, Classroom Environment, Cooperative Learning, Active Learning
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Reinius, Hanna; Korhonen, Tiina; Hakkarainen, Kai – Learning Environments Research, 2021
This exploratory case study examined the kinds of activity that a 'deskless school" (i.e., flexible physical school spaces) engenders among pupils and teachers. We also considered the meaning and significance that pupils and teachers attach to various features of the school, as well as the associated action possibilities. The data were…
Descriptors: Educational Facilities Design, Classroom Design, School Space, Space Utilization