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Doz, Eleonora; Cuder, Alessandro; Caputi, Marcella; Pellizzoni, Sandra; Passolunghi, Maria Chiara – Learning Environments Research, 2023
School closures because of the COVID-19 emergency forced a rapid transition to distance learning worldwide. In this study, we investigated teachers' experiences with distance learning during the first Italian lockdown. A sample of 270 primary and secondary teachers answered a semi-structured questionnaire administered between April and May 2020.…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Foreign Countries, Elementary School Teachers, Secondary School Teachers
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Long, Christopher S.; Sinclair, Becky Barton; Fraser, Barry J.; Larson, Tiffany R.; Harrell, Pamela E. – Learning Environments Research, 2022
When the 2020 semester began in the USA in January, it was unimaginable that the near-total closure of educational system across the globe would become the new normal. To mitigate the spread of the COVID-19 virus, teaching faculty hastily converted to an online learning environment in order for instruction to continue. This mixed-methods study…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Student Attitudes, COVID-19, Pandemics
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Hartikainen, Jani; Haapala, Eero A.; Poikkeus, Anna-Maija; Sääkslahti, Arja; Laukkanen, Arto; Gao, Ying; Finni, Taija – Learning Environments Research, 2023
As a result of educational reforms in many countries, including Finland, new or renovated comprehensive schools have increasingly begun to incorporate open and flexible designs and principles. Multipurpose and adaptable open learning spaces can provide children with amplified opportunities to be physically active during general education.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Change, Physical Activities, Classroom Environment
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Dkeidek, Iyad; Mamlok-Naaman, Rachel; Hofstein, Avi – Learning Environments Research, 2012
An inquiry-oriented laboratory in chemistry was integrated into the chemistry curriculum in Jewish high schools in Israel, and after a short period was also implemented in Arab sector. In this study, we investigated the effect of culture on the perceptions of laboratory classroom learning environments by comparing the perceptions of Arab and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, Inquiry, Curriculum Implementation
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Peer, Jarina; Fraser, Barry J. – Learning Environments Research, 2015
Learning environment research provides a well-established approach for describing and understanding what goes on in classrooms and has attracted considerable interest in Singapore. This article reports the first study of science classroom environments in Singapore primary schools. Ten scales from the What Is Happening In this Class?,…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Gender Differences, Surveys, Attitude Measures
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Gilbert, Melissa C.; Musu-Gillette, Lauren E.; Woolley, Michael E.; Karabenick, Stuart A.; Strutchens, Marilyn E.; Martin, W. Gary – Learning Environments Research, 2014
This study examined the relationship of 979 middle school students' perceptions of their mathematics classroom environment to their motivation and achievement. Structural equation modeling indicated that motivational variables (utility, personal achievement goals, efficacy) mediated the influence of perceived teacher expectations, teacher…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Middle School Students, Student Attitudes, Mathematics Instruction
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Monsen, Jeremy J.; Frederickson, Norah – Learning Environments Research, 2004
In spite of the widespread adoption of policies on mainstreaming, and more recently on inclusive education for children and young people with special educational needs, little is actually known about the relationship between what teachers think about such policies and the type of learning environments that they provide. In this study in New…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Inclusive Schools, Mainstreaming, Student Attitudes
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Wahyudi; Treagust, David F. – Learning Environments Research, 2004
This study reports cross-validation results for an Indonesian-language version of a modified form of the What Is Happening In this Class? (WIHIC) questionnaire and its use in investigating the nature of science classroom learning environments in Indonesian lower secondary schools. Following administration of the WIHIC to approximately 1400…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Suburban Schools, Rural Schools, Student Attitudes
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Walker, Scott L.; Fraser, Barry J. – Learning Environments Research, 2005
The purpose of this study was to develop and validate a new learning environments instrument designed to aid investigators and practitioners in measuring and researching the psychosocial learning environment in post-secondary distance education. Using a three-stage approach, the Distance Education Learning Environments Survey (DELES) was…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Test Reliability, Active Learning, Educational Environment