TY - JOUR AU - Abramson, Charles I. AU - Page, Melanie C. AU - Zolna, Mia AU - Howard, Waylon AU - Aquino, Italo S. AU - Nain, Shakuntala PY - 2007 TI - A Preliminary Study of Illumination Levels in University and Elementary Classrooms in Campina Grande, Brazil JF - Journal of Social Sciences VL - 3 IS - 3 DO - 10.3844/jssp.2007.155.158 UR - https://thescipub.com/abstract/jssp.2007.155.158 AB - The purpose of our study was to provide preliminary data on light levels used in university and elementary school classrooms in Campina Grande, Brazil with the aim of providing Brazilian politicians and educators with data to support continued educational initiatives in northeast Brazil. The data were gathered at the Universidade Federal de Campina Grande (UFCG) and compared with a sample of classrooms at Oklahoma State University (OSU) in Stillwater Oklahoma. The results indicated that many seats within UFCG classrooms met or exceeded minimum standards but significant numbers did not. Moreover, compared to classrooms at OSU, UFCG classrooms are not as highly illuminated and the Brazilian elementary classrooms examined did not meet minimum illumination standards.