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 ...

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 ...

“These findings lead to a very concrete policy recommendation: increase access to active learning spaces,” says the study, led by Michael C. Ralph, a Ph.D. candidate in educational psychology at the ...

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.

We suggest integrating principles of Universal Design in all active learning modalities. LAMP faculty member Michele Larson writes about Universal Design to help all students succeed . Rachel Watson, ...

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 ...