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JOURNAL OF THE FACULTY OF ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURE OF GAZI UNIVERSITY, no.2, 2025 (SCI-Expanded)
Purpose: This study aimed to determine the effects of environmental factors of the classrooms, where students spend a significant part of their educational life, on the functional and perceptual evaluations of the participants. In the study, it is thought that the environmental factors of classrooms using quad fixed table and seating type desks may affect students' seating preferences and functional and perceptual evaluations. Theory and Methods: The research hypotheses focused on seating preference and gender independent variables and their correlations. To test these research hypotheses, the classrooms in Gazi University Faculty of Technology ABlock building were selected as the research environment, and an evaluation survey regarding the environmental factors of the classrooms was administered to 201 students using these classrooms. Results: According to the results of the questionnaire, 68% of the female students and 49.2% of the male students preferred to sit near the window, and 61.3% of the female students and 67.5% of the male students preferred to sit on the sides of the quad fixed table and seating type desks. On the other hand, it was determined that male and female students did not find the transition and circulation areas of the classrooms, the distance of the blackboard, the size of the working surface of the desk, the height of the working surface of the desk from the ground, the size of the seating surface of the desk, the height of the seating surface of the desk from the ground, the ease of transition from the desk to the seat, and the comfort of the desk. In addition, it was determined that students had a partially negative approach for the adjective pairs of beautiful/ugly, free/restricted/limited, well-planned/poorly planned, spacious/dreary, peaceful/disturbing, sparse/congested and hot/cold in their perceptual evaluations. Conclusion: The research results indicate that educational spaces should be designed in a supportive manner to increase students' learning performance; It shows that this can be achieved by first investigating the satisfaction and comfort levels of students regarding their current classroom usage and their preferences. In future studies, the effects of single, double, triple and quadruple desk types on students' perceptual and functional evaluations will be investigated, which will contribute to the literature and the classrooms expected to be designed in the future.