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Hynes, Morgan M.; Hynes, Wendy J. – International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2018
The Maker Movement inspires people to express their creativity by making things in a self-directed and, often, collaborative learning endeavor. The excitement of the movement has spurred the development of various types of Makerspaces across the United States and the World to further enable people to "make" and innovate. The education…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Preferences, Independent Study, Art Education
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Wong, Newman Chun Wai; Mills, Michael T.; Araiza, Isabel – New York Journal of Student Affairs, 2020
Because of increased opportunities for social interaction, undergraduate students living on campus are more likely to persist and graduate than their counterparts. Residence hall design also contributes to student interaction. This study explored the relationship between campus apartment design and graduation rates of a sophomore cohort attending…
Descriptors: College Housing, Educational Facilities Design, Architecture, Graduation Rate
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Kok, Herman; Mobach, Mark; Omta, Onno – Management in Education, 2015
The article aims to find predictors of study success from a teacher's perspective that relate to the built environment. The research is based on a national online survey among 1752 teachers at 18 Dutch Universities of Applied Sciences. Multivariate data analyses were used to test the hypothesis that the quality of spatial and functional aspects at…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Predictor Variables, Success, Academic Achievement
Kamal, Abdulrahman – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this study was to investigate teacher practices of enabling factors in the implementation of technology-assisted PBL, in Tatweer schools in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. This study also explored how the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) National Education Technology Standards for Teachers (NETS.T) were used in Tatweer…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Technology Uses in Education, Active Learning, Student Projects
Tanner, C. Kenneth – Journal of Advanced Academics, 2008
This descriptive study investigated the possible effects of selected school design patterns on third-grade students' academic achievement. A reduced regression analysis revealed the effects of school design components (patterns) on ITBS achievement data, after including control variables, for a sample of third-grade students drawn from 24…
Descriptors: Personal Space, Educational Facilities Design, Academic Achievement, Predictor Variables
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Darling-Hammond, Linda; Ross, Peter; Milliken, Michael – Brookings Papers on Education Policy, 2007
In recent years, the large comprehensive high school has been a subject of growing critique by researchers and reformers. "Factory model" schools have been criticized for their impersonal structures, fragmented curricula, segregated and unequal program options, and inability to respond effectively to student needs. Some studies have found that,…
Descriptors: High Schools, Dropout Rate, School Size, Student Diversity