Though their physical settings are different, students in open classrooms share much in common with their predecessors in one-room schoolhouses. The most striking similarity between the open classroom and the one-room schoolhouse is in the flexible student teacher relationships and intimacy and mutual support among students. (Author/GC)

The effects of classroom openness on student cognitive achievement is studied in terms of the agreement between actual and preferred degree of openness. (JMF)

The educational programs of 15 open-plan middle schools in Ohio were examined for evidence of innovative use of facilities, the teaching-learning environment, the psychosocial environment, and the curriculum. Little of an innovative nature was found; suggestions for fostering new ideas are offered. (JMB)

This article is a rejoinder to TM 501 980. (DEP)

A building plan based on six side-by-side hexagonal modules gives flexibility and a distinctive appearance to Pittsburgh's new Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School. (Author)

The Salanter-Akiba-Riverdale Academy in New York City uses vertical open space achieved by "stair-stepping" down the natural contour of a sloping site. (Author/MLF)

The individualized typing program at Midlands Technical Education Center, Columbia, South Carolina necessitated an open laboratory design with different course procedures and materials. (EA)

After a 4-month chaotic period, the development of a crude curriculum, which became the focal point of this school and the activity of its members, is noted as the beginning of the social order of the school. (HMD)

This research was undertaken to determine (1) if students in open and traditional classrooms perceive themselves as significant decision-makers; (2) if they perceive opportunities for decision making; and (3) if congruence exists between student and teacher perceptions of the decision-making process. Selected pupils and their teachers from five…

In most instances teachers from open area, quasi-open area and traditional schools view the supervision or evaluation of their instructional activities in approximately the same way and with the same degree of emphasis. (EVH)

This bibliography is a union list of 188 holdings in City University of New York (CUNY) libraries on the subject of open education. It includes materials on British primary schools, the integrated day, and more specifically, books dealing with the psychology and methodology behind these terms. Books, sections of books, conference preceedings, and…

Twenty-one elementary schools of "open space" design were studied to learn how teachers were adapting to this new kind of school environment. A method of quantifying a building's extent of physical openness was developed. Comparison of the original design of the buildings with their current floorplan indicated that in all but four of the…

The comments contained in this paper are excerpts from intensive interviews with 27 teachers in open area primary schools, asking their recommendations for architectural changes in future open area schools and in traditional type schools to accommodate open education techniques. They were also asked, "Would you like to see this school more…

Seven papers from the symposium on schoolhouse planning held in 1969 by the Fresno County Regional Planning and Evaluation Center are presented in this book. The papers discuss the changes in educational philosophy and technology which have brought about a change in the spaces needed for education. Educational finance, educational specifications,…

This is the final report of the General Learning Corporation's planning effort for the Fort Lincoln New Town school system. Designed as a "Comprehensive Plan", it summarizes the educational plans developed to date, and presents some new elements of planning while it serves to "tie together" all previous planning to provide the reader with a broad…