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Agron, Joe – American School & University, 2001
Presents comparative data on college and university residence hall construction projects, including construction costs, size, numbers of students, and cost per square foot. Also provides comparative housing cost data over the past decade and identifies types of amenities being added to dormitories. (GR)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Construction Costs, Design Preferences, Dormitories

Wilson, Gary – Athletic Business, 2002
Describes how college and professional athletes' need for year-round conditioning and teams' need for a leg up in recruiting are driving construction of sumptuous new football facilities. Details what goes into the design of a great football training facility. (EV)
Descriptors: Architecture, Athletes, Building Design, Building Innovation
Kromm, David V. – School Planning & Management, 2002
Discusses three key factors that contribute to the creation of school cafeterias as social learning spaces: access, ambience, and function. (EV)
Descriptors: Design Preferences, Dining Facilities, Educational Facilities Design, Schools
Fickes, Michael – School Planning & Management, 2001
Examines the development and design of the facade at a rural Oregon high school that represents the school's athletic name of "Pirates" by showing a pirate's ship on the roof. This structure protrudes from a corner of the rectangular building, with a bearded buccaneer opening a treasure chest filled with educational materials. (GR)
Descriptors: Architectural Character, Design Preferences, Educational Facilities Design, High Schools
Johnson, Karen – Council of Educational Facility Planners International, 2006
As the current K-12 generation approaches societal maturity they will encounter issues that are changing almost as fast as they are identified. Fast on the heels of the elementary population are the pre-kindergarten children who will be facing an ever-changing global society. Business and educational leaders have called for universal preschool…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Kindergarten, Child Care Centers, Design Requirements
Baker, William H. – Business Communication Quarterly, 2006
Business communication courses are ideal for teaching visual communication principles and techniques. Many assignments lend themselves to graphic enrichment, such as flyers, handouts, slide shows, Web sites, and newsletters. Microsoft Publisher and Microsoft PowerPoint are excellent tools for these assignments, with Publisher being best for…
Descriptors: Business Communication, Instructional Materials, Visual Aids, Curriculum Enrichment
King-Sears, Margaret E.; Evmenova, Anna S. – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2007
This article describes the premises, principles, and processes for integrating TECH into instruction. TECH is an acronym designed for educators to more smoothly integrate technology into instructional activities. It includes four steps: (1) Target the students' needs and the learning outcome; (2) Examine the technology choices, then decide what to…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Integration, Technology Uses in Education, Educational Principles
Della-Piana, Connie Kubo; Della-Piana, Gabriel M. – Journal of MultiDisciplinary Evaluation, 2007
While the current debate in the evaluation community has concentrated on examining and explicating implications of the choice of methods for evaluating federal programs, the authors of this paper address the challenges faced by the government in the selection of funding mechanisms for supporting program evaluation efforts. The choice of funding…
Descriptors: Research and Development, Program Evaluation, Federal Programs, Evaluation Methods
Tripp, Steven D. – 1991
This paper address three questions: (1) What is the nature of design? (2) How do skilled designers function? and (3) Can a theory of design be constructed which will allow novice and expert instructional designers to perform their tasks more efficiently and effectively? It begins by presenting two general theories of design: Simon's conception of…
Descriptors: Design Preferences, Designers, Instructional Design, Models

Hochstrasser, Marie – School Arts, 1975
Article described an especially meaningful way of planning the curriculum in art for high school students: designing and compiling a book. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Art, Books, Curriculum Development, Design Preferences
Morton, David – Progressive Architecture, 1975
Although the seven buildings of Harvard's Canaday Hall dormitories are neither programmatically, technically, nor functionally innovative, they are a thoughtful solution to extremely restrictive circumstances imposed by the client and the site. The exterior design was carefully selected to blend inconspicuously with the neighboring 18th- and…
Descriptors: Architecture, Building Design, College Housing, Design Preferences
Lackney, Jeffery A. – 2000
This paper discusses environmental preference, particularly related to the design of children's museums. It explains that preference for an environment leads to motivation to interact with the environment, which leads to learning. It lays out several design principles: (1) involve children in the process of children's museum design in a way that…
Descriptors: Aesthetic Values, Building Design, Children, Design Preferences
Price, If; Matzdorf, Fides; Smith, Louise; Agahi, Helen – 2002
This paper asserts that, despite rhetoric of added value, facilities management suffers a dearth of objectively researched, publicly available information concerning the impact of facilities on businesses at the level of market sectors or individual organizations. The paper aims to correct that situation for United Kingdom higher education…
Descriptors: College Choice, Design Preferences, Educational Facilities, Foreign Countries
Smith, Melissa – 2002
Asserting that without an adequate acoustical environment, learning activities can be hindered, this paper reviews the literature on classroom acoustics, particularly noise, reverberation, signal-to-noise ratio, task performance, and recommendations for improvement. Through this review, the paper seeks to determine whether portable classrooms…
Descriptors: Acoustical Environment, Classroom Design, Classroom Environment, Design Preferences
Maurer, Hermann; Rozsenich, Norbert; Sapper, Marianne – 1999
This paper discusses the technical features necessary for a good World Wide Web (WWW) discussion forum, the fact that it should be seen as part of a more general cooperative space, and psycho-sociological aspects that are essential for success. The first section introduces the paper and lists reasons why newsgroups are generally more successful…
Descriptors: Cooperation, Design Preferences, Group Discussion, Leaders