This planning guide focuses on the fundamental requirements for planning and designing school music suites. The guide provides brief explanations of critical factors affecting music suites so that music directors and other stakeholders can more quickly and clearly communicate music area fundamentals to architects and administrators. Topics cover…

The design of the teaching area for a secondary school mathematics suite'' is discussed; floor plans illustrating three different arrangements of classrooms, reference areas, and laboratory areas are included. (DT)

Describes the job of an interior designer and what he can do for school administrators. (MF)

The main purpose of the survey reported here was to examine the organization policies of a representative sample of junior school teachers regardless of whether they believed they operated an integrated day. (Author)

An interview with the headmaster of the Michael Faraday School in London, England. (RT)

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)