The influence of environment on a child's learning processes is great. An expanded environment, both indoors and out, will stimulate the imagination of the child. (CK)

Argues for a materialist and ecological approach to the study of school socialization. Journal available from Catholic University of America Press, 620 Michigan Ave., N.E. Washington, DC 20064. (RM)

A classroom in the new library at the Media (Pennsylvania) campus of Pennsylvania State University has viewing equipment on two walls. Special chairs allow students to swivel to view either wall. (Author)

Suggests ways of turning the art room into a microenvironment of sensory intensification--a place where a student steps into a new world of color, sound, and smell that delights the eye and inspires the imagination. (Author/SJL)

Two experiments investigated the amount and loci of multiple-choice examination answer copying as related to the spacing of students and the use of alternate test forms. (RC)

Discusses the importance of designing for comfortable, effective interfaces between students and computers in classrooms. Explores the use of research and classroom mock-ups to ensure appropriate design. (EV)

Describes how the Acoustical Society of America worked in association with the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) to create the first standard to control sound levels in classrooms. Includes quotes from various organizations criticizing the standard, particularly its cost implications. (EV)

Offers a rationale for increasing attention to learning space design, providing an overview of relevant literature and highlighting implications for learning spaces suggested by modern learning theory. (EV)

Focuses on the present learning space planning process at most campuses and proposes a new vision for how planning can work more effectively and collaboratively. (EV)

Simple strategies employed by the campus in this case study (the University of Wisconsin Stevens Point) illustrate how limited budgets need not prevent renovation of learning environments. (EV)

Details characteristics of good learning spaces and provides an overview of innovative models from campuses around the country. (EV)

Offers a diagram of how the renovated publication area at City High School, Iowa City, Iowa, is set up. (SR)

Examines the nature of discipline in the monitorial school by referencing Lancaster's original school model. Illustrates how classroom design can impact discipline. Explores two of Lancaster's topics, looking at influences the British monitorial school had on its North American counterpart. (AS)

Presents two Harvard Law School (Massachusetts) classroom renovation projects that helped old, obsolete rooms meet the demands of modern technology. Before and after photos are provided. (GR)