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Modern Schools, 1974
A business firm specializes in remodeling obsolete classrooms and uses an electric power monitor to program reductions in nonessential power use. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Acoustical Environment, Classroom Environment, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Facilities Improvement
Sensory Factors in the School Learning Environment. What Research Says to the Teacher Series No. 35.
Download full textMcVey, G. F. – 1971
Through proper management of the sensory factors inherent in the classroom environment, teachers can improve the comfort, development, and academic performance of students. Some principles and practical procedures that may be applied directly by the classroom teacher are suggested in this pamphlet. A number of guidelines, references, and suggested…
Descriptors: Acoustical Environment, Controlled Environment, Educational Environment, Educational Research
Peer reviewedDay, C. William – CEFP Journal, 1980
Reviews what is known about the effects on students of thermal, visual, and acoustical elements in classrooms. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Acoustical Environment, Carpeting, Classroom Environment, Educational Facilities Planning
National Council on Schoolhouse Construction. – 1964
SUPERINTENDENTS, SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, SCHOOL PLANT CONSULTANTS IN STATE DEPARTMENTS OF EDUCATION, LOCAL SCHOOL SYSTEMS, AND COLLEGIATE INSTITUTIONS, ARCHITECTS, LAY ADVISORY GROUPS, AND GRADUATE STUDENTS WILL FIND INFORMATION ON SCHOOL PLANT PLANNING IN THIS BASIC REFERENCE. A GUIDE FOR INTERPRETING AND APPLYING CRITERIA, STANDARDS, OR PRINCIPLES…
Descriptors: Acoustical Environment, Controlled Environment, Educational Facilities, Educational Planning
Bowers, J. Howard; Burkett, Charles W. – 1987
Research findings indicate that students are affected positively or adversely by the visual, acoustical, and thermal characteristics of the classroom environment. During the 1986-87 school year, 280 fourth- and sixth-grade students housed in two separate school facilities--the oldest and the newest in a rural Tennessee county school district--were…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Acoustical Environment, Attendance, Classroom Environment
Forwood, Bruce S. – 1972
This bibliography has been produced as part of a research program attempting to develop a new approach to building environment and service systems design using computer-aided design techniques. As such it not only classifies available literature on the service systems themselves, but also contains sections on the application of computers and…
Descriptors: Acoustical Environment, Bibliographies, Building Design, Computer Programs
Morris County Unified School District 417, Council Grove, KS. – 1966
A short historical record of District No. 417, Morris County, Council Grove, Kansas, and their comprehensive set of educational specifications. Every secondary teacher within District No. 417 had been assigned to a committee. George W. Reida of the State Department developed a schedule of meetings for these committees and secured consultants to…
Descriptors: Acoustical Environment, Criteria, Design, Design Requirements
LARSON, C. THEODORE – 1965
A COLLECTION OF SIX TECHNICAL PAPERS REPRESENTING AN ATTEMPT TO SUMMARIZE AND EVALUATE THE PRESENT STATE OF KNOWLEDGE CONCERNING THE VARIOUS ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AFFECTING HUMAN BEHAVIOR IN GENERAL, AND LEARNING IN PARTICULAR. THE FIRST CONCERNS THE INTERACTIONS OF MAN AND HIS ENVIRONMENT. THE SECOND RELATES TO SPACE AS A COMPONENT OF…
Descriptors: Acoustical Environment, Climate Control, Controlled Environment, Design Requirements
McVey, G.F. – 1969
Various factors of the classroom environment that can contribute to a more complete learning atmosphere are explored. The author presents a review of certain research findings that may serve as guidelines in the development of an environmentally coordinated classroom. The importance of providing a classroom which promotes a multisensory approach…
Descriptors: Acoustical Environment, Building Design, Classroom Design, Classroom Environment
Faust, Russell Weidner – 1976
An exploratory field study was conducted in 42 self-contained, elementary grade classrooms in 18 school buildings. Subjects were 1,030 fifth-grade students. The purpose of the study was to determine the range of physical environmental conditions in the classrooms; and how students' perceptions of the physical environment (1) describe the…
Descriptors: Acoustical Environment, Classroom Design, Classroom Environment, Classroom Observation Techniques
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. Bureau of School Planning. – 1969
This booklet is intended to inform school district officials, school planners, and manufacturers of the Bureau's criteria for adequate housing. Part 1 discusses the portable classroom impact, presents data about portable classrooms, and states the Bureau's policy regarding portables. Part 2, performance specifications, is presented to clarify the…
Descriptors: Acoustical Environment, Architectural Character, Building Design, Cost Effectiveness
Manning, Peter, Ed. – 1965
Reporting upon a study of environment which was based on the design of office buildings and office space, the study forms part of a continuing program of environmental research sponsored by Pilkington Brothers Limited of St. Helens, England. In this report the word 'environment' is used in the sense of the sum of the physical and emotional…
Descriptors: Acoustical Environment, Attitudes, Building Design, Controlled Environment
