Tiered Classrooms at St. Olaf College: Faculty and Student Perceptions of Three Different Designs

Tiered Classrooms at St. Olaf College: Faculty and Student Perceptions of Three Different Designs

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 table...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of learning spaces 2014, Vol.2 (2)
Hauptverfasser: Walczak, Mary M, Van Wylen, David G. L
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Classroom Design
Classroom Environment
College Faculty
College Instruction
College Students
Comparative Analysis
Educational Technology
Furniture
Group Activities
Large Group Instruction
Lecture Method
School Space
Statistical Analysis
Student Attitudes
Student Surveys
Teacher Attitudes
Teacher Surveys
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Zusammenfassung: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 table with crests that seat four students. We found that faculty preferred the learning environment of the half-round tables for all pedagogies. Students preferred the half-round tables for group work or a combination of group work and lecture, but preferred the straight tables for lecture classes.
ISSN:2158-6195
2158-6195