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Download full textNitecki, Danuta A.; Simpson, Katherine – Journal of Learning Spaces, 2016
Lack of commonly used vocabulary for informal learning environments hinders precise communication concerning what is observed, assessed, and understood about the relationship between space and learning. This study empirically extends taxonomies of terms and phrases that describe such relationships through content analysis of descriptions of…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Taxonomy, Vocabulary, Content Analysis
Nakashian, Mary – Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 2008
Researchers in the Boston University Department of Environmental Health conducted a case study of the Boston Schoolyard Initiative, a project that provides funds and technical support to community groups dedicated to renovating schoolyards in Boston. Researchers described the process by which the Boston Schoolyard Initiative came into being and…
Descriptors: Technical Support, Educational Facilities Improvement, Program Descriptions, Evidence
Hattis, D. B.; Krimgold, F.; Green, M. – 1994
California provides the paradigm for lessening devastating earthquake damage in U.S. buildings. This document examines specific examples of the seismic mitigation process, a process showing that seismic retrofit in existing schools in other parts of the country are possible and could lead to more general seismic rehabilitation in other buildings.…
Descriptors: Earthquakes, Educational Facilities Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Long Range Planning
Direct linkValcik, Nicolas A. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 2007
The purpose of this research is to discuss development of the Logistical Tracking System (LTS)1 and evaluate the changes in processes and procedures at the University of Texas-Dallas (UT-Dallas) that were due to implementation of a new type of technology. The chapter elaborates on the positive and negative aspects of designing and constructing a…
Descriptors: Educational Facilities Improvement, Educational Facilities Planning, Facilities Management, Higher Education
Leithwood, K. A.; And Others – 1979
This monograph speaks to the general problem of helping schools improve their effectiveness and specifically is concerned with the nature of strategies most appropriate for use by university-based research and development personnel. The purpose is to identify and describe some of the more important features of effective, clinically oriented…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Change Agents, Change Strategies, Curriculum Development
Sole, Kenneth – 1978
School Self Renewal, rooted in the ideas of Organizational Development, is a process of school improvement undertaken with the participation of the members of the school community. Based on reports of Renewal projects in New York City Public High Schools, this paper presents some of Renewal's problem areas, strengths, and the implications of the…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Curriculum Development, Educational Facilities Improvement, High Schools
