{"id":982,"date":"2017-09-27T21:13:00","date_gmt":"2017-09-28T02:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vlk.wpenginepowered.com\/?p=982"},"modified":"2026-03-10T10:18:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T15:18:18","slug":"original-research-the-impact-of-learning-environments-on-student-engagement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vlkarchitects.com\/original-research-the-impact-of-learning-environments-on-student-engagement\/","title":{"rendered":"Original Research &#8211; The Impact of Learning Environments on Student Engagement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">VLK Architects partnered with the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uttyler.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">University of Texas at Tyler<\/a>\u00a0to conduct a study resulting in original research titled,\u00a0<em>The Impact of Learning Environments on Student Engagement<\/em>. Uniquely, VLK Architects was awarded the design assignment for two replacement elementary schools that, while located in separate districts, would be rebuilt on their same sites; thereby, serving the same student population, community demographics, teaching, and administrative staff. The following manuscript explores the impact of architectural design on student engagement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Explore the full document below: <a href=\"https:\/\/issuu.com\/vlkarchitects\/docs\/01_original_research_digital?fr=sNzBlYjgyOTQ0MDk\">Original Research Document No. 1<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-top:max(60%,326px);height:0;width:100%\"><iframe allow=\"clipboard-write\" sandbox=\"allow-top-navigation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation allow-downloads allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-modals allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-forms\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"position:absolute;border:none;width:100%; max-width: 100vw;height:100%;left:0;right:0;top:0;bottom:0;\" src=\"https:\/\/e.issuu.com\/embed.html?backgroundColor=%23e1e1e1&#038;backgroundColorFullscreen=%23e1e1e1&#038;d=01_original_research_digital&#038;hideIssuuLogo=true&#038;u=vlkarchitects\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VLK Architects partnered with the\u00a0University of Texas at Tyler\u00a0to conduct a study resulting in original research titled,\u00a0The Impact of Learning Environments on Student Engagement. Uniquely, VLK Architects was awarded the design assignment for two replacement elementary schools that, while located in separate districts, would be rebuilt on their same sites; thereby, serving the same student [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":983,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[54],"branded-service-type":[],"construction-type":[],"event-type":[],"office":[],"practice-area":[],"class_list":["post-982","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-research","tag-vlk-scholarly-research"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Learning Environments &amp; Student Engagement Study | VLK<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Discover how VLK Architects&#039; 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