School building design in this publication is interpreted as meaning layout and arrangement of rooms rather than as architectural style. Citations are organized under (1) central authority publications, (2) local authority publications, (3) general works, (4) articles in periodicals, and (5) unpublished theses. (Author/MLF)

This study investigated relationships between open education and curiosity behavior of students enrolled in different types of school programs. The Non Verbal Curiosity Test (designed and validated for the study) was used to measure subjects' curiosity, since it considers quantitative and qualitative aspects of curiosity behavior. Subjects (N=237)…

Article described the educational adventures of a headmaster from the United States who now spends two terms a year at an African school, Maru a Pula School, Gaborone, Botswana. Maru a Pula School is a four-year-old multiracial coeducational day and boarding school. (Author/RK)

The Christopher Columbus Elementary School in New Haven, Connecticut, uses heavy concrete construction to conserve energy. (Author)

Because there are more schools than any other type of public building, schools are architectural bellwethers, the first reflection of shifts in national priorities. In this article architectural trends in educational institutions are discussed in relation to energy conservation. Examples are offered of schools which utilize solar energy.…

Design ideas from a school for the multiply handicapped in Nashville. (Author)

A new addition to the high school in Parma, a large suburban district near Cleveland, Ohio, contains space for business education courses and expansion of the library with an audiovisual center. (Author/MLF)

Sketches the intellectual and sociological climate that led Henry Barnard to advocate Greek Revival architecture for school buildings, takes a look at why this style and its implicit values were popular in the era between 1820-1860, and examines a few of the plans in Barnard's "School Architecture" (1838-48). (Author/RK)

Presents a brief description of the solar heating system that is incorporated into the design of a private girls school in Greenway, Virginia. (MDR)

A large elementary school broken into ten small units serves as the nucleus of an inner-city community in Hartford, Connecticut, providing not only education but a library, social services, cultural facilities, and meeting rooms. (Author/MLF)

A recently completed elementary school in Dublin, Ohio, has a 13-acre school-in-a-park locale shared with the community. On evenings and weekends, area residents have access to the school's activities area for a self-contained community center. (MLF)

Postoccupancy evaluation is a careful, systematic, and reliable process intended to ensure that findings can be applied to future buildings. Some of the important issues about postoccupancy evaluation are explored using questions that are often asked about this new component in the building delivery system. (MLF)

Middle schools are not designed for good learning experiences. A teacher points out easy and inexpensive ways to improve the classroom environment. (MD)

Project description, design philosophy, and sketches of site and floor plans are provided for six educational facilities presently, or soon to be, under construction in the states of California, Georgia, Illinois, New York, Texas, and Oklahoma. (MLF

A Houston, Texas, school district has found that indirect lighting fixtures combined with skylights lower energy bills and provide softer, more natural lighting. A principal feels the softer light may have a calming effect on students' behavior. (MLF)