4 Questions to Guide Classroom Design. By next year, the University of Oklahoma will have nearly a dozen active learning spaces, up from one in 2012. Every single classroom looks different from the ...

It is important to include representatives of each group when discussing the layout and execution of an active-learning classroom. 2. Eliminate the Front of the Classroom. A key element of an ...

The Classroom Evolved. This is the first segment in a three-part series of articles focused on classroom design. Each article in the series looks at a how schools are reinterpreting the traditional ...

There is a fair amount of research into the impact of classroom design on student learning. Spaces flooded with natural light that allow for a variety of learning methods and activities, and spaces ...

Students enter my classroom with a plethora of emotional concerns that interfere with learning. Active learning environments provide a unique level of comfort for students, evident in my classroom.

Active Learning Classrooms (ALCs) are the vanguard of current pedagogical space design. They enhance student engagement, improve learning outcomes, and prepare students for life in the workforce. Page ...

The LSRS is similar to the popular rating program for LEED, or Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, but is tailored to higher education. Instead of measuring sustainable building design, it ...

Researchers randomly assigned college students in a physics course to either an active-learning classroom or a passive-learning one relying on lectures. Instructors in both taught the same material.

In my quest to create an active learning space, ... but as I design my future workshops, I carry with me the possibility that another student might misinterpret my feedback as insult, my guidance as ...