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participants took cognitive tests on computers. The results showed that cognitive
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participants took cognitive tests on computers. The results showed that cognitive function scores were significantly higher when the participants worked in the two environments with better than conventional air quality; the results, on average, were 61 percent better during a green building session and 101 percent better during a green+ session (Higgins, 2015). Although the experiment was created to simulate indoor office spaces, the researchers concluded: “These exposures should be investigated in other indoor environments, such as homes, schools, and airplanes, where decrements in cognitive function and decision making could have significant impacts on productivity, learning, and safety” (Allen et al., 2016, p. 812). When I told Minna about the study of the office workers, she didn’t seem surprised at all. “There are so many things in the environment that . . . affect the learning,” she said. In my own research for this book, I’ve found several other environmental factors that influence learning, several of which I discuss in these chapters: classroom decorations, noise, insufficient lighting, and poor heating. “[A] plethora of scientific evidence suggests that student learning and achievement [are] deeply affected by the environment in which this learning occurs,” wrote the authors of a research review (Cheryan, Ziegler, Plaut, & Meltzoff, 2014, p. 10), which investigated how the physical classroom environment influences student performance. While teachers have little control over the structural design of the schools where they teach, there are small things we can do to make the physical classroom environment better for our students. Here’s a useful list, based on several recommendations provided by the researchers in a 2014 press release by Sage Publications: • When students are exposed to more natural light, they perform better. With • When students are exposed to more natural light, they perform better. With this finding in mind, seek to minimize artificial lighting in your classroom. • According to the researchers, the temperature range of 68°F and 74°F is optimal for learning. So, while opening the classroom windows during the winter might benefit air quality, the cold temperature might hinder student achievement. • Researchers have discovered that classroom objects showing educational accomplishments of traditionally disadvantaged groups (such as posters that depict female scientists) can bolster the performance of such groups. • Displaying “token” symbols in the classroom setting, such as American Indian mascots, can lead students of such groups to report lower self- esteem. Informed by the findings of these researchers, the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Washington redesigned its facilities (including the computer lab), and its faculty and students have responded positively, suggesting that the learning environment has become more inclusive and success oriented (Sage Publications, 2014). As teachers at the K-12 level, we can do something similar by tweaking our classroom environments. Download 1.64 Mb. Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: |
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