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Suvi Jokila; Kalypso Filippou; Anna Jolkkonen – Higher Education Research and Development, 2025
This paper problematizes the argument that technology supports spaceless education, and analyses how space acts during remote teaching. This study examines how physical spaces can act as un/equalizer among higher education students. With interview data produced by international students studying in Finnish universities during the outbreak of the…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Influence of Technology, Foreign Students, Universities
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Zimring, Craig M. – Journal of Social Issues, 1981
Reviews research on the ways the design of the physical environment affects levels of social interaction and spatial orientation. (EF)
Descriptors: Design, Environmental Influences, Environmental Research, Physical Environment
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Cohen, Robert; And Others – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1988
The relationship between the manner in which environments are encountered and the nature of environmental features in the construction of spatial representations was examined. It was found that performance of a thematic activity facilitated construction of a spatial representation of a large-scale environment. (PCB)
Descriptors: Activities, Age Differences, Children, Cognitive Development
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Stoffregen, Thomas A.; Riccio, Gary E. – Psychological Review, 1988
Evidence is presented negating the theory that gravitoinertial force is perceived. It is suggested that spatial orientation is based on information derived from patterns of motion of the organism, the surface of support, and compensatory actions of the organism. Recommendations for further research are outlined. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Ecological Factors, Environmental Influences, Gravity (Physics)
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Schmitz, Sigrid – Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, 1999
Investigated gender differences in adults' use of route strategy, examining how preferences for landmarks (female) against route directions (male) related to wayfinding behavior, spatial anxiety, and environmental competencies. Participants navigated routes in an unknown building three times and recalled acquired environmental knowledge. Most…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Students, Environmental Influences, Foreign Countries