Do indoor pollutants and thermal conditions in schools influence student performance? A critical review of the literature.

By M. Mendell, G. Heath. Indoor Air: International Journal of Indoor Environment and Health, 2005

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Effects of the Physical Environment on Cognitive Load and Learning: Towards a New Model of Cognitive Load (2014, background): “…body of research outside CLT research on the influence of the physical environment on behavior, attitudes, and performance of both teachers and students (for reviews, see Evans 2006; Jamieson et al. 2000; Mendell and Heath 2005; Rivlin and Weinstein 1984; Tanner 2000, 2008; C. S. Weinstein 1979).”
Personal thermal comfort models with wearable sensors (2019, background): “Occupants’ thermal comfort is associated with health [1,2], working productivity [3–6], learning performance [4,7] and well-being [8,9].”
School absenteeism and school refusal behavior in youth: a contemporary review. (2008, background): “Problematic respiratory symptoms that lead to absenteeism can also result from environmental deficiencies such as indoor nitrogen dioxide and chemical pollutants, low outdoor air ventilation, and changes in thermal conditions (Mendell & Heath, 2005).”
Building characteristics, indoor environmental quality, and mathematics achievement in Finnish elementary schools (2016, background): “Due to inadequate funding, the operations and maintenance of school f acilities are often neglected and this leads to a persistence of environmental problems in schoo ls [1], even while research has shown children to be more affected by indoor environmenta l qu lity (IEQ) compared to adults [2].”