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Taking it Outside: Does Moving Class Outdoors Help Students Concentrate?

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Does holding class outdoors have a restorative impact for students? An experimental case study was done at an elementary school in Phoenix to explore this question. A group of 2nd grade students were given a cognitive assessment to measure concentration following exposure to different learning environments, i.e. their classroom and…

Does holding class outdoors have a restorative impact for students? An experimental case study was done at an elementary school in Phoenix to explore this question. A group of 2nd grade students were given a cognitive assessment to measure concentration following exposure to different learning environments, i.e. their classroom and schoolyard. Results indicate that holding class outdoors may have a restorative influence on children's capacity to direct attention.
ContributorsJustesen, Alexandra (Author) / Vanos, Jennifer (Thesis director) / Ross, Allison (Committee member) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor) / School of Sustainability (Contributor) / School for the Future of Innovation in Society (Contributor) / School of Complex Adaptive Systems (Contributor)
Created2022-05