Does classroom indoor environmental quality affect teaching and
learning?

Date:
October 21, 2020
Source:
Wiley
Summary:
What impact does a classroom's indoor environment have on teaching,
learning, and students' academic achievement in colleges and
universities? This is the question researchers set out to answer
in their analysis of all relevant published studies.



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What impact does a classroom's indoor environment have on teaching,
learning, and students' academic achievement in colleges and
universities? This is the question researchers set out to answer in
their analysis of all relevant published studies.


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In the analysis published in Indoor Air, the team looked at indoor air, thermal, acoustic, and lighting conditions. The collected evidence from
21 studies showed that the indoor environmental quality can contribute to
the quality of learning. Sufficient evidence confirmed that poor indoor
air, thermal, acoustic, and lighting conditions negatively influence the quality of learning due to discomfort and impaired mental and physical
health of students.

On the other hand, optimal conditions can create an environment in which students feel more alert and pay more attention.

Study results also indicated that indoor environmental quality can
affect short-term students' academic performance, with a preference for
a relatively cool, bright, and quiet environment and in ambient air with
low carbon dioxide concentrations.

The influence of all parameters on the quality of teaching and on
students' long-term academic performance could not be determined, however.

"Several studies showed that there is not a single optimal
indoor environmental condition for students in higher education
classrooms. Conditions in which students perform at their best are task-dependent. Therefore, classrooms should provide multiple indoor environmental conditions, in order to facilitate educational processes optimally," said lead author Henk W. Brink, PhD, MSc, of the Hanze
University of Applied Sciences, in the Netherlands.


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========================================================================== Journal Reference:
1. Henk W. Brink, Marcel G. L. C. Loomans, Mark P. Mobach, Helianthe
S. M.

Kort. Classrooms' indoor environmental conditions affecting
the academic achievement of students and teachers in higher
education: A systematic literature review. Indoor Air, 2020; DOI:
10.1111/ina.12745 ==========================================================================

Link to news story: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/10/201021085104.htm

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