Connectedness by Design: The Teaching Laboratories in St. Olaf College's Regents Hall of Natural and Mathematical Sciences | NSTA

Connectedness by Design: The Teaching Laboratories in St. Olaf College's Regents Hall of Natural and Mathematical Sciences

Journal of College Science Teaching—November/December 2011

This study assessed the impact of science teaching laboratories designed with visual connections to spaces outside the laboratory, either to interior spaces or to the outdoors. Specifically the authors assessed student perceptions of interdisciplinarity, the ability to stay focused, and the environment for student learning.

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