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Research-Influenced Learning Spaces

A Principal's Reflections

These research-based factors are minimal financial commitments that can help boost student outcomes. There’s little disagreement that creating flexible spaces for physical activity positively supports student learning outcomes. Steelcase Education. Psychological Science, 25(7), 1362–1370. Scott-Webber, L., Strickland, A., &

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What factors help active learning classrooms succeed?

Robert Talbert, Ph.D.

I’ve been studying ALCs for a while now — it was the subject of my sabbatical at Steelcase in 2017-2018 and this paper on the subject that resulted. What makes the difference between these two outcomes? I’ve been teaching in an ALC since last year , and in my view, ALCs definitely live up to the hype.

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What I Learned On My ‘Secret Sabbatical’ As a Scholar-in-Residence at a Private Company

Edsurge

Last fall I started my first day on the job as an embedded faculty member with a corporation—as a scholar-in-residence at Steelcase Education. Actually intern is probably the best lens through which to look at what I’ve been doing at Steelcase for the last eight months. One such practice I saw at Steelcase was remote work.