Friday 20 May 2011

Collaborative Teaching Spaces - empirical study

Abstract

“The objective of this research is to identify the relationship between formal learning spaces and student learning outcomes. Using a quasi-experimental design, researchers partnered with an instructor who taught identical sections of the same course in two radically different formal learning environments to isolate the impact of the physical environment on student learning. The results of the study reveal that, holding all factors excepting the learning spaces constant, students taking the course in a technologically enhanced environment conducive to active learning techniques outperformed their peers who were taking the same course in a more traditional classroom setting. The evidence suggests strongly that technologically enhanced learning environments, independent of all other factors, have a significant and positive impact on student learning.”

Key Finding

“As the study of learning spaces remains in its infancy, considerable work remains to demonstrate empirically the impact of formal learning spaces on student learning outcomes and practices. The findings here contribute significantly to this discussion given that they are the first to demonstrate that controlling for nearly all other factors, physical space alone can improve student learning even beyond students’ abilities as measured by standardised test scores.”

Brooks, D. Christopher (2010) Space matters: The impact of formal learning environments on student learning - British Journal of Educational Technology

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1467-8535.2010.01098.x/full

Posted via email from abstractrabbit (Jim Turner) posterous

No comments:

Post a Comment