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Walczak, Mary M.; Van Wylen, David G. L. – Journal of Learning Spaces, 2014
In designing St. Olaf College's Regents Hall of Natural and Mathematical Sciences, we attempted to create learning spaces to accommodate classes of 50-100 students and a variety of teaching pedagogies. In this study, we compared three different 72-seat classrooms furnished with half-round tables for four, straight tables, or a serpentine shaped…
Descriptors: Classroom Design, College Faculty, College Students, School Space
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Henshaw, Robert G.; Edwards, Phillip M.; Bagley, Erika J. – Journal of Learning Spaces, 2011
Traditional designs for most mid-sized college classrooms discourage 1) face-to-face interaction among students, 2) instructor movement in the classroom, and 3) efficient transitions between different kinds of learning activities. An experimental classroom piloted during Spring Semester 2011 at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill uses…
Descriptors: Classroom Design, Furniture, School Space, Space Utilization