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Ana Rute Costa – Cogent Education, 2024
This article brings a novel perspective to the relationship between the physical dimensions of Home Learning Environments (HLE) and young people's learning motivations during COVID-19 pandemic in UK. The architectural/physical focus of this investigation helps orient the reader to the literature/expertise I draw on. Based on 28 young people (16-18…
Descriptors: Family Environment, Home Schooling, Physical Environment, COVID-19
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Mehta, Priya; Cox, Andrew – New Review of Academic Librarianship, 2021
A recent focus in academic library design is as a third place: a home from home. Research has yet to interrogate what it means to be "at home,, and if academic libraries are treated like, and feel like home to students. Seamon's model provides a framework for understanding the qualities associated with homeness, across the five dimensions of…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, College Students, Student Attitudes, Student Behavior
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Oliveras-Ortiz, Yanira; Bouillion, Dalane E.; Asbury, Lizzy – Journal of Education, 2021
Through a conceptual framework focused on student engagement, this article explores students' perceptions about the impact the design of learning environments has on student engagement. The current mixed-methods study was conducted at two Texas replacement elementary schools where the entire learning community, all teachers, administrators, staff,…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Elementary School Students, Grade 4, Grade 5
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Mross, Emily; Riehman-Murphy, Christina – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2021
Anecdotal evidence implies that students use library spaces for spiritual practices at many colleges and universities. Using focus groups, the authors investigated students' prayer behaviors on four regional campuses of a large research university, asking questions about students' frequency of prayer, campus areas used for devotions, and students'…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Library Role, Library Facilities, Interior Space
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Vanichvatana, Sonthya – Cypriot Journal of Educational Sciences, 2019
The understanding of why students select off-campus informal learning spaces can reflect any absence and inadequacy of on-campus informal learning spaces. This research used students of a Bangkok private university as a case study by employed quantitative analysis and descriptive data analysis, where a questionnaire survey conducted during March…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Preferences, Business Schools, Space Utilization
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González-Zamar, Mariana-Daniela; Jiménez, Luis Ortiz; Ayala, Adoración Sánchez – Education Sciences, 2021
In recent years, the changes experienced in the educational and social field have been reflected in the growing interest in defining how the attributes of the learning space affect students. This study seeks to determine the influence exerted by the design and organization of the university classroom on motivation and social interaction. The…
Descriptors: Questionnaires, Test Construction, Test Validity, Classroom Design
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Mulrooney, Hilda Mary; Kelly, Alison Faith – Journal of Learning Spaces, 2021
The physical space of campus may influence student belonging. Quantitative data were collected using a bespoke questionnaire among a diverse group of students at a post-92 UK university. A total of 635 students, primarily female, undergraduate and of diverse ethnicity participated. Overall sense of belonging and agreement that campus space was…
Descriptors: Physical Environment, College Environment, Social Environment, Campuses
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Reinius, Hanna; Korhonen, Tiina; Hakkarainen, Kai – Learning Environments Research, 2021
This exploratory case study examined the kinds of activity that a 'deskless school" (i.e., flexible physical school spaces) engenders among pupils and teachers. We also considered the meaning and significance that pupils and teachers attach to various features of the school, as well as the associated action possibilities. The data were…
Descriptors: Educational Facilities Design, Classroom Design, School Space, Space Utilization
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Mangrum, Sarah; Foster, Holly A. – Journal of Access Services, 2020
The role of the academic library, student library usage, and faculty perceptions of student learning have been ongoing discussions for many years. The purpose of this study was to bring those conversations together and illustrate how students at a mid-size university are currently using their library, preferences for library space usage, and…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Academic Libraries, Space Utilization, Preferences
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Ralph, Thomas; Levinson, Martin – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2019
This article considers the understandings of space and place amongst a group of disaffected students within an institution that had been in a state of flux over a number of years. The article explores ways in which students are positioned by institutions into specific spaces, ways in which they use those spaces to challenge authority and ways in…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Foreign Countries, Space Utilization, Resistance (Psychology)
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Scott-Webber, Lennie; Konyndyk, Roger; Denison, Marilyn – Journal of Education and Learning, 2019
New evidence builds upon the Student Engagement IndexTM and Teacher Engagement IndexTM research (Scott-Webber, Konyndyk, & French, 2019; Scott-Webber, Konyndyk, French, & French, 2018; Scott-Webber, Konyndyk, French, Lembke, & Kinney, 2017) determining post-occupancy answers to, "Can we demonstrate that the design of the built…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Physical Environment, School Buildings, Educational Facilities Design
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Brandt, Jeanette, A.; Chapman, Nancy J. – Journal of College and University Student Housing, 1981
Examined whether students living in residence halls permitting alterations are more satisfied with their living environment than those students with less control. Results indicated that students are more satisfied with the High Change residence hall as shown by their responses to a satisfaction scale. (RC)
Descriptors: College Students, Comparative Analysis, Dormitories, Higher Education
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Elsley, Susan – Children & Society, 2004
Children and young people regard the external physical environment as important for their needs. Their use of space varies according to age and circumstance and includes designated play and leisure facilities as well as other informal areas within their neighbourhoods. However, children have little influence over the development of public space as…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Children, Adolescents, Physical Environment
Metropolitan Toronto School Board (Ontario). Study of Educational Facilities. – 1972
This report is the result of the first year evaluation of 16 open plan schools built by SEF, four NonSEF open plan schools, and four traditional plan schools in an effort to compare SEF schools with nonSEF schools and open plan facilities with traditional plan facilities. The study was intended to gather information about the adequacy of these…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Community Attitudes, Educational Environment, Educational Facilities