AUTHOR=Lewinski Peter TITLE=Effects of classrooms’ architecture on academic performance in view of telic versus paratelic motivation: a review JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychology VOLUME=6 YEAR=2015 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00746 DOI=10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00746 ISSN=1664-1078 ABSTRACT=
This mini literature review analyzes research papers from many countries that directly or indirectly test how classrooms’ architecture influences academic performance. These papers evaluate and explain specific characteristics of classrooms, with an emphasis on how they affect learning processes and learning outcomes. Factors such as acoustics, light, color, temperature, and seat arrangement are scrutinized to determine whether and by how much they improve or hinder students’ academic performance in classrooms.