Detailed Projects:

            EDUCATIONAL FACILITY DESIGN FEATURES IN GEORGIA'S SCHOOLS (2005)

           PERSPECTIVES OF ARCHITECTS AND EDUCATORS ON SCHOOL DESIGN (2005)

Abstracts:

Dissertation Abstracts (The University of Georgia) and Summaries:

The Relationship of School Design to Academic Achievement of Elementary School Children (May, 2001)

Effects of School Building Age on the Academic Achievement of Selected Fourth Grade Pupils (Posted: January 1999)

Influence of School Building Age Upon Teachers' Attitudes (Posted: February 1999)

Impact of School Building Age on the Academic Achievement of Eighth Grade Pupils (Posted: February 1999)

Design Standards for Elementary, Middle/Junior High, and High School Counseling Facilities (Posted August 2001)

The Relationship Between School Design Variables and Scores on the Iowa Test of Basic Skills (Posted: October 1999)

Effects of Student Population Density on Academic Achievement in Georgia Elementary Schools (Posted: December 2000)

Exploring the Relationship Between High School Facilities and Achievement of High School Students in Georgia (Posted: April 2000)

Indoor Air Pollution (Posted: September 1997)

A Principal's Role in Opening A New School (December 2001)

The Influence of Open-Space Classrooms and Closed-Space Classrooms on Teachers' Attitudes (Posted: February 1999)

School Characteristics , Student Achievement , and Teacher Job Satisfaction(Posted July 2003)

Effects of School Building Renovation on Pupil Attitudes and Behavior (Posted: December 1998)

Roof Problems (Posted: September 1997)

School Size and Program Quality of Public Elementary Schools in Georgia (Posted: January 1999)

The Relationship Between School Size and Academic Achievement Posted August 2000)
 

Journals and Books:

The Physical Environment and Student Attitude (Posted: February 1999)

Caring Spaces, Learning Places: Children's Environments That Work (Jim Greenman) - A Book Review

Literature Reviews by the SDPL
Interrelationships Among the School's Physical Environment, Student Behavior, Attitude, and Achievement
 Acoustical  Environment and Attitude
 Aesthetic  Lighting
 Behavior  School Building Age
 Color  Thermal Environment

SDPL Research - 1997+

School Design and Student Learning (Preliminary Report - December 1998 )

School Design Assessment

School Design and Student Achievement - Middle School

School Design and Student Achievement - High School

Other Research

Best Practices and Research (Best practices are not research - Just best practices - Who's best practices? How often and when do they work?)

 Benefits of Windows

Class Size, School Size, and Density

Project STAR

The Matthew Principle

Color as a Change Agent

Interior Colors for Schools

SDPL Position Paper:

School Design Factors (Position Paper - March 1998) (pdf)

Topics Currently Under Study:

      • The Effects of School Design and Student Population Density on Academic Achievement and Student Behavior in Georgia Schools
      • History of School Architecture
      • School Size and Student Achievement
      • The Influence of School Design on Safety and Security
      • Developmentally Appropriate Learning Goals
      • Developmentally Appropriate Learning Activities
      • Architectural and Natural Support Systems
      • Students Population Density and Achievement
      • Student Population Density and Discipline
      • Human Scale and the Community of Learners
      • Cost/Effectiveness of Small/Large School Systems
      • Cost/Benefit of Small/Large School Systems
      • Design Classifications and How They Relate to Student Learning
      • Designing Teaching Environments

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School Design and Planning Laboratory
The University of Georgia
125 River's Crossing
850 College Station Road
Athens, GA 30602
Phone:706-542-4067
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