The Learning-Friendly Classroom: The educational process is enhanced when human factors principles are integrated into classroom design

Brase W. (1988). Design criteria for effective classrooms Planning for Higher Education, 17 (1), 81–91. A good description of the classroom design problem from the educational administrator's perspective, based on the author's valuable - and painful - experience

Caldwell B. S. (1993). Applying total quality management to engineering education: A systems approach to instructional quality In Proceedings of the American Society for Engineering Education Centennial Conference: Shaping Our World - Century II (pp. 1406–1413). Washington, DC: American Society for Engineering Education. This paper is a brief summary of my views of applying systems engineering principles to the educational process, including the role of environmental design and human factors in teaching and learning

Harmon D. B. (1953). Controlling the thermal environment of the co-ordinated classroom. Minneapolis, MN: Honeywell Corp. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service ED 033 531/EF 002 330.) One of Harmon's classic lecture works, focusing on elementary education

Kingsbury H. F. Taylor D. W. (1968). Guidelines for acoustical design of classrooms Sound and Vibration, 2, 16–28. An example of a researcher's description of the process of conducting acoustic design evaluations and improvements in the college classroom environment. One of the most recent applied works in this area

Knirk F. G. (1987). Instructional facilities for the information age. Syracuse, NY: ERIC Clearinghouse on Information Resources. Knirk has attempted to provide an easy-to-read reference for educators and education administrators. However, Knirk's background is not in human factors or engineering, and the work attempts to integrate data from elementary through postsecondary education without providing a clear guide to the limitations of the data

McVey G. F. Bethune J. D. (1992). User assessments of selected lecture halls and the relative merits of architectural standards and ergonomic guidelines In Proceedings of the Human Factors Society 36th Annual Meeting (pp. 586–590). Santa Monica, CA: SAGE Publications. McVey pioneered the application of human factors and ergonomics principles to media presentation and college classroom facilities. This paper summarizes the benefits (from a student evaluation perspective) of implementing these human factors engineering principles in college lecture hall design