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