The figure illustrates the four learning environments, categorised according to the degree of structure and activity in family life. The figure shows the typical educational background of the parents ...

What we think of as traditional classrooms are fading into the past. Rigid classroom designs with rows of forward-facing seats with an instructor at the head of the class are increasingly vestiges of ...

Mental ill-health among students in higher education is a growing problem globally. Most efforts implemented to address ill-health involve individual treatment and adjustments to pedagogy. But more ...

When students take a course, they experience more than just an interaction with course content. The learning environment includes the intellectual, social, emotional and physical environments of a ...

The Learning Space Plan (pdf) establishes a path for the enhancement, investment and transformation of learning spaces at William & Mary. The plan codifies principles and guidelines, leverages capital ...

Visit NAP.edu/10766 to get more information about this book, to buy it in print, or to download it as a free PDF. Researchers have continued to investigate the nature of learning and have generated ...