The influence of classroom seating arrangement on children’s cognitive processes in primary school: the role of individual variables

Tobia, Valentina; Sacchi, Simona; Cerina, Veronica; Manca, Sara; Fornara, Ferdinando

doi:10.1007/s12144-020-01154-9

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“…Single Desks) on logical reasoning, creativity, and theory of mind in children attending primary school. It also explored individual characteristics like gender, loneliness, and popularity as potential moderators in the seating arrangement's impact on learning (Tobia et al, 2020). The physical arrangement and features of the classroom environment, including seating arrangements, can influence students' behavior and attention to academic tasks (Guarding, 2012).…”

Section: Classroom Physical Environmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Influence of Classroom Environment on the Academic Performance of Students in English Language

Nwokedi

2023

IJASSE

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The classroom environment plays a pivotal role in the academic performance and engagement of students, particularly in the realm of English language learning. This study explored the perceived influence of various classroom environmental factors on the academic performance of students in English language. Factors such as the physical environment, teacher-student interactions, peer interactions, teaching strategies, and assessment techniques were examined. A mixed-method approach, encompassing surveys and focus group discussions, were employed to gather perceptions from both students and teachers in a diverse urban secondary school. The findings suggest that a conducive physical environment, positive interpersonal relations, innovative teaching strategies, and fair assessment practices significantly impact students’ motivation and performance in English language. Recommendations for improving the classroom environment to foster better language acquisition and academic performance were made. This study contributes to the broader understanding of how the classroom environment shapes the learning experiences and academic outcomes of students in the context of English language education.

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Section: Classroom Physical Environmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Influence of Classroom Environment on the Academic Performance of Students in English Language

Nwokedi

2023

IJASSE

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“…Common environmental psychology research settings are hospital, neighborhood, home, school and work environments (e.g. Andrade et al, 2013Andrade et al, , 2017Maxwell, 2016;Haapakangas et al, 2019;Mueller et al, 2019;Tobia et al, 2020). The bulk of environmental psychology research focuses on stress and stress-reducing effects of physical environments.…”

Section: Workplace and Its Effects On Stressmentioning

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A Participatory Interior Design Approach for a Restorative Work Environment: A Research-Intervention

Brondino

Trombin²,

Filippi³

2021

Front. Psychol.

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Exposure to environmental stressors has physical and psychological consequences. A demanding physical environment involves the allocation of additional attentional resources and an increase in psycho-physical stress. This study illustrates the process of a research-intervention aimed at designing a workplace, using a participatory design approach, and considering the beneficial effect of restorative environments in reducing stressful elements and improving well-being at work. Stressful situations occur daily, compromising proper functioning while causing the occurrence of physiological and/or psychological disorders. To be able to safeguard their psycho-physical well-being, people normally adopt coping strategies, i.e., remedies that allow them to cope and manage situations that generate stress. One of these strategies is the exposure to natural environments, which promotes recovery and sustains psycho-physical well-being. The restorative properties of natural environments have been scientifically proven. However, even built spaces can be thought of as restorative environments, in particular when certain conditions are granted. An applied science, known as biophilic design, provides useful indications from this perspective. This project involved 57 employees of the Italian site of an international non-governmental organization, in the transition from a site no longer adequate to a new site requiring renovation. In a first phase, a survey was conducted, to verify the perceived quality of the current workplace and to detect the unmet workers' needs, and to assess some other important psychological constructs connected with perception of restorativeness and well-being. In a second phase, the findings emerged from the survey was analyzed in depth through a participatory interior design process, together with an interdisciplinary team of architects, technicians of the organization and environmental psychology researchers. The team, together with some representatives of employees, worked together through possible scenarios, adopting a biophilic design approach, to design the new workplace. At the end, the same survey of the first phase was conducted, to detect differences in perceived quality in the new workplace compared to the previous one.

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“…While some research has found a causal link between assigned seating and student grade (Blume et al, 2019;Perkins & Wieman, 2005), there are also a number of other studies suggesting that academic performance is not directly affected by where students are assigned to sit in a classroom (Kalinowski & Taper, 2007;Meeks et al, 2013;Montello, 1988). Though whether sitting alone or with others have been shown to influence performance on a visual reasoning task in school age children (Tobia et al, 2020), it is unclear whether this applies to young adults or differ between randomlyassigned versus self-chosen seats. Therefore, evidence for a casual relation between seating location and grade is mixed at best.…”

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That's my spot! Examining spatial habit formation in a naturalistic setting

Zhu

Risko

2021

Applied Cognitive Psychology

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Although we are constantly making spatial decisions about where to place our objects and ourselves, few studies in psychology have investigated this phenomenon in-depth. In the current study, we examined how spatial decisions are made over time by tracking students' seating choices in classrooms over the course of a semester (i.e., 12 weeks). We found that seating choice became more fixed over time (i.e., a decrease in the distance between seats chosen on adjacent days), though this was disrupted by individuals' time of arrival to class; latecomers often sat further away from where they last sat. We also observed a surprising de-stabilization of this pattern on the last day of class wherein seating choices became more varied. These results suggest that although spatial preference stabilizes over time, this pattern of stabilization may weaken once individuals no longer expect to occupy that space in the future.

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The influence of classroom seating arrangement on children’s cognitive processes in primary school: the role of individual variables

Cited by 15 publications

References 59 publications

Influence of Classroom Environment on the Academic Performance of Students in English Language

Influence of Classroom Environment on the Academic Performance of Students in English Language

A Participatory Interior Design Approach for a Restorative Work Environment: A Research-Intervention

That's my spot! Examining spatial habit formation in a naturalistic setting

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