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Using Learning Analytics to Support Students' Engineering Design: The Angle of Prediction
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Xing, Wanli; Pei, Bo; Li, Shan; Chen, Guanhua; Xie, Charles – Interactive Learning Environments, 2023
Engineering design plays an important role in education. However, due to its open nature and complexity, providing timely support to students has been challenging using the traditional assessment methods. This study takes an initial step to employ learning analytics to build performance prediction models to help struggling students. It allows…
Descriptors: Learning Analytics, Engineering Education, Prediction, Design
Establishing a Relationship between Residence Hall Design and Depression in First-Year College Students
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Xinqi Guo; Upali Nanda; Renae Mantooth; Lakshmi Chilukuri – Journal of College and University Student Housing, 2024
The well-being of college students can be impacted by aspects of the physical environment, especially during key life transitions such as beginning college during a pandemic. This repeated cross-sectional study investigates the influence of a newly constructed living-learning neighborhood on first-year residents' mental well-being, specifically…
Descriptors: Dormitories, Building Design, College Freshmen, Depression (Psychology)
A New Approach to Predicting the Thermal Environment in Buildings at the Early Design Stage. Building Research Establishment Current Paper 2/74.
Milbank, N. O. – 1974
The paper argues that existing computer programs for thermal predictions do not produce suitable information for architects, particularly at the early stages of design. It reviews the important building features that determine the thermal environment and the need for heating and cooling plant. Graphical design aids are proposed, with examples to…
Descriptors: Air Conditioning, Architectural Research, Building Design, Computer Science
College Library Buildings in Transition--Looking at the 1980's.
Snyder, Richard L. – 1983
This paper examines the likely effects of technological developments on the planning of American academic library buildings during the 1980's and shares Richard Snyder's experiences in the design and construction of a new library building at Drexel University in Pennsylvania. Descriptions of general, economic, policy, psychological, and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Building Design, Facility Planning, Facility Requirements
Limiting the Temperatures in Naturally Ventilated Buildings in Warm Climates. Building Research Establishment Current Paper 7/74.
Petherbridge, P. – 1974
Formulas used in the calculation of cooling loads and indoor temperatures are employed to demonstrate the influence of various building parameters--such as thermal transmittance (U-value), solar absorptivity, and thermal storage--on the indoor thermal environment. The analysis leads to guidance on ways of limiting temperatures in naturally…
Descriptors: Architectural Research, Building Design, Climate, Construction Materials
Design Guidelines for Creating Defensible Space.
Newman, Oscar – 1976
Research on residential crime patterns in 150,000 New York City public housing units has established that the combined effect of the residents' social characteristics and the projects' design affects the crime rate. Architectural design concepts applicable to all-level income housing ranging in type from single-family housing to high-rise…
Descriptors: Building Design, Crime, Design Requirements, Economic Factors