The way that teachers have different classroom layouts always piqued my interest. I always wondered if there was a specific reasoning why they chose a particular layout, or if it was unintentional. In many of my courses we have talked about how to make group work effective. Topics such as Zone of Proximal Development have come up of how we should pair students based on their skills. Initially I was on board with this idea of pairing stronger students with weaker students, but after a particular school visit my opinion has shifted to undecided. The teacher had a completely randomized seating plan for each class. He labelled the tables and when students came in, we would tell them which table they were assigned to. His reasoning behind this was so that students would not judge each other based on their skill level. I do believe in the ZPD, but I don't feel like students should feel superior/inferior to others. Hopefully this topic will not be too broad and I will be able to find specific research.
"Class layout, do seating plans really matter?"
"Class layout, do seating plans really matter?"
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