title: Toward designing new classrooms.
abstract: This study is a work on analyzing the traditional shapes of classrooms. A model is presented that considers the rectangular classroom divided into five sections as a function of two factors: viewing distance and horizontal viewing angle. The reading time and number of errors are affected by both. This model is validated experimentally, and the shape of a trapezoid is suggested for new classrooms.
authors.affiliation: Department of Systems Engineering, King Fahad University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: al-Haboubi
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D004493:Education; D005160:Facility Design and Construction; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011930:Reaction Time; D011932:Reading; D012529:Saudi Arabia