Classroom Arrangement Styles
Traditional
Disadvantages
Advantages
Easy to control
Not student centered
The Horseshoe Arrangement
Advantages
Disadvantages
Useful for discussion
student centered
useful for kinesthetic activities
Easy to cheat
Small Groups
Advantages
Facilitate group learning
Allow for collobrative learning
Useful for discussion
Disadvantages
Difficult to control
Noisy class
No equal distibution of duties
The Runway
Advantages
Useful for debates
Useful for sharing ideas
Disadvantages
Noisy class
Feeling isolated
Paired Groups
Advantages
Excellent for group tutoring
Useful for lab partners
Disadvantages
Teacher movement is not totally free
The Roundtable
Advantages
Disadvantages
Facilitate communication
Useful for classroom discussion
Shy students feel exposed
Limited discussion activities