6 Secrets of Active Learning Classroom Design. 07/08/15; Collings 325 at the University of Oklahoma. Like a jazz dance performance, active learning combines doing, movement and impromptu variety in a ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

“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 ...

Flexible seating configurations. Furniture is an important component of the design of active learning classrooms. Desks and chairs are moveable, on rollers, and can be arranged in different ways to ...

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 ...

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 ...