Learning environments can be conceived of as being made up of three domains:
relationship, personal growth, and system maintenance and change (Moos, 1979, 2003).
Relationship dimensions involve student attentiveness in the classroom, the extent to
which students are involved with each other and come to know each other in the class,
how the students work with others in the class, and the professor’s interest and attitude
toward the students. Personal growth dimensions involve how students work to complete
academic tasks and how they are motivated to learn. System maintenance and change
deals with how orderly the class structure is, how clear expectations are, how the
environment is controlled, and how responsive the classroom is to change