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Fulks, Danny G. – American School Board Journal, 1985
Middle schools are not designed for good learning experiences. A teacher points out easy and inexpensive ways to improve the classroom environment. (MD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Design, Classroom Environment, Educational Facilities Design
American School Board Journal, 1972
Descriptors: Building Design, Classroom Design, Classrooms, Educational Facilities
American School Board Journal, 1967
Nathan Hale Senior High School in West Allis, Wisconsin was designed to survive inevitable educational innovations adjusting to predicted trends. The architects planned three study-groups of schoolrooms. Each group can operate independently affording a more intimate air than the usual atmosphere of a massive school. Classroom "clusters" are…
Descriptors: Building Design, Classroom Design, Educational Environment, Educational Innovation
Anderson, Karen L. – American School Board Journal, 1997
Children often struggle in noisy classrooms. Many classrooms being planned duplicate acoustically inadequate 50-year-old designs that cannot accommodate group learning and hands-on science. The Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board, which enforces Individuals with Disabilities Education Act regulations, has been asked to…
Descriptors: Acoustical Environment, Classroom Design, Cooperative Learning, Elementary Secondary Education
Dekker, Dale R. – American School Board Journal, 1996
When the voters of Carlsbad, in southeast New Mexico, passed a $14 million bond referendum in 1992, the school board decided to use a portion of the money to consolidate the kindergarten, Head Start, and developmentally delayed preschooler programs into one building. Colors and symbols give young children visual reminders. Four architects offer…
Descriptors: Childhood Needs, Classroom Design, Color Planning, Early Childhood Education
American School Board Journal, 1971
Describes a classroom innovation: truncated octahedrons, individually constructed honeycomb" cubicles designed to house one student each. (EA)
Descriptors: Classroom Design, Classroom Environment, Classroom Furniture, Classroom Research
