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Modern Schools, 1973
Desmonstrates the recommended reflectances in the classroom and suggestions are made for lighting maintenance and designing a new lighting system. Illustrated. (Author)
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Guides, Lighting, Lighting Design
Zuczek, Daniel – American School & University, 1996
Discusses how modern schools require specific lighting systems to accommodate computers and other technologies. Describes special needs for direct and indirect lighting when considering visual display terminals and projectors, and the kind of lighting system best suited for distance learning. Offers ideas on classrooms' physical layout. (RJM)
Descriptors: Building Design, Classroom Environment, Display Systems, Educational Environment
Download full textVeitch, Jennifer A.; Newsham, Guy R. – 1996
The quality of indoor lighting can influence task performance, social interaction and communication, health and safety, visual comfort, student behavior, and aesthetic judgments. These by-products of lighting are examined in this literature review in an effort to define the conditions that are associated with good lighting quality. Lighting…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Classroom Environment, College Students
Hathaway, Warren E. – 1982
Recent research indicates there are a great many nonvisual effects of light on people. The control of rickets and the suntan effect are well understood. Less well known effects include synchronization of a number of physiological rhythms and prevention and control of infantile jaundice. Physiological and psychological effects also vary with the…
Descriptors: Color, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Influences
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
Fredrickson, John H. – 1976
The findings of two studies establish some deleterious effects of unsatisfactory physical environment on school children. However, modern technology enables the exercise of total environmental control in new and existing facilities. Between the realities of today and the exceptations of tomorrow we have a transitional model--the open plan concept.…
Descriptors: Acoustical Environment, Educational Environment, Educational Specifications, Elementary Secondary Education
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
