Impact of Indoor Physical Environment on Learning Efficiency in Different Types of Tasks: A 3 × 4 × 3 Full Factorial Design Analysis

• Published in: International journal of environmental research and public health Vol. 15; no. 6; p. 1256
• Main Authors: Xiong, Lilin, Huang, Xiao, Li, Jie, Mao, Peng, Wang, Xiang, Wang, Rubing, Tang, Meng
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 13.06.2018; MDPI
• Subjects: Acoustics; Attention; Classrooms; Cognition; Construction; Efficiency; Environment; Factorial experiments; Female; Humans; Learning; Lighting; Male; Memory; Menstruation; Mental Recall; Noise; Perception; Physiology; Problem Solving; Productivity; Public health; Reaction Time; Temperature; Young Adult; United States > US; China; full factorial design; indoor physical environment; environmental factor; learning efficiency; task type

Indoor physical environments appear to influence learning efficiency nowadays. For improvement in learning efficiency, environmental scenarios need to be designed when occupants engage in different learning tasks. However, how learning efficiency is affected by indoor physical environment based on t...