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School Facilities and Learning Apriesnig, J. L., Manning, D. T., Suter, J. F., Magzamen, S., & Cross, J. E. (2020). Academic stars and Energy Stars, an assessment of student academic achievement and school building energy efficiency. Energy Policy, 147 (September), 111859. https://doi. org/10.1016/j.enpol.2020.111859
This paper studies the relationship between student productivity and energy efficiency, as well as the relationship between school characteristics and student health and behavioral outcomes. The study used an existing database that included environmental data, energy star data and tests score data from the Colorado School District from students grades 3-12. The data included end-of-grade standardized test scores, ethnicity, gender, and variables such as nurse visits, suspensions, and expulsions. Also, student variables, School IEQ variables, School EUI variables and other school variables were included. Four regression models were created to describe different relationships within the data. The study rendered no significant associations between energy efficiency and student performance, but it did find positive associations between thermal and visual comfort and student performance. The authors state that the results they present “should reassure administrators that such retrofits will not counteract the academic impacts of funding dedicated to expanding educational resources for students.” 1 Publication type: Journal article Study type: Secondary analysis Sample: 47 schools, data from 3 previous years Age or developmental stage: grades 3-10 Baars, S., Schellings, G. L. M., Krishnamurthy, S., Joore, J. P., den Brok, P. J., & van Wesemael, P. J. V. (2021). A framework for exploration of relationship between the psychosocial and physical learning environment. Learning Environments Research, 24(1), 43–69. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10984-020-09317-y
Researchers describe two existing frameworks in education - the Psychosocial Learning Environment (PSLE) and the Physical Learning Environment (PLE). The authors’ aim is to review literature related to these two frameworks to determine a guiding relationship between them. A better understanding of the interaction between PSLE and PLE can inform the relationship between the physical environment and personal factors like mental well-being and learning. Authors reviewed relevant literature on PSLE, PLE, and other related topics on the relationship between the two. The authors broke PSLE down into sub-dimensions of personal development, relationships, and system maintenance and change; and the PLE into sub-dimensions of naturalness, individualization, and stimulation (mentioned in other relevant articles). The researchers put together a set of visual diagrams and tables identifying the overlapping areas where the two frameworks interact. 2 Publication type: Literature review Study type: Theory development
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