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Not everyone detests classrooms without windows. However, it is important to realize that significant changes and improvements have been made to the daylight. Benefits of classrooms without windows reported in previous studies include that occupants can use more space for bulletin boards and bookcases, more artificial lighting levels, less noise, lower maintenance costs, and freedom from students' distractions. However, there are many examples in many previous studies that students have better learning skills in classrooms with daylight.
Daylight is a very necessary element for students to achieve their academic abilities, and it is an important factor to students to receive natural light when designing an educational space. Previous studies emphasize light, temperature, air quality and color affect classroom space. While various factors affect students' academic performance, the impact on learning progress in an environment which has the quality of daylight is significant.
The effects of daylight on the classroom are various. One of them is the study of attendance or absenteeism. A number of studies has been conducted to analyze the relationship between students' attendance rates in classrooms with sufficient daylight and those with insufficient daylight. Schools incorporating natural light show higher student and teacher attendance than schools depend on artificial lighting.
In the article (Nicklas & Bailey, 1996), three schools built for the Johnston County School in North Carolina examined the relationship between the use of daylight in classrooms and the academic performance of elementary and middle school students. To investigate students' performance, researchers compared and analyzed the California Achievement Tests results and the End-Of-Grade test results for every school (16 elementary and 8 middle schools) within Johnston County. The authors also used the State of School Systems in North Carolina data from 1995 to analyze student attendance. The study argues that recently built schools without daylight do not guarantee better grades. According to the study's findings, students at daylight schools were able to identify 5 to 14 percent better academic performance than students using artificial lighting. The study also found that students who studied in classrooms with sufficient daylight had about 3 days more attendance per year than other students.
Daylight is a very necessary element for students to achieve their academic abilities, and it is an important factor to students to receive natural light when designing an educational space. Previous studies emphasize light, temperature, air quality and color affect classroom space. While various factors affect students' academic performance, the impact on learning progress in an environment which has the quality of daylight is significant.
The effects of daylight on the classroom are various. One of them is the study of attendance or absenteeism. A number of studies has been conducted to analyze the relationship between students' attendance rates in classrooms with sufficient daylight and those with insufficient daylight. Schools incorporating natural light show higher student and teacher attendance than schools depend on artificial lighting.
In the article (Nicklas & Bailey, 1996), three schools built for the Johnston County School in North Carolina examined the relationship between the use of daylight in classrooms and the academic performance of elementary and middle school students. To investigate students' performance, researchers compared and analyzed the California Achievement Tests results and the End-Of-Grade test results for every school (16 elementary and 8 middle schools) within Johnston County. The authors also used the State of School Systems in North Carolina data from 1995 to analyze student attendance. The study argues that recently built schools without daylight do not guarantee better grades. According to the study's findings, students at daylight schools were able to identify 5 to 14 percent better academic performance than students using artificial lighting. The study also found that students who studied in classrooms with sufficient daylight had about 3 days more attendance per year than other students.