Ep.83-Designing a Classroom Environment to Maximize Learning

Ep.83-Designing a Classroom Environment to Maximize Learning
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Designing a Classroom Environment to Maximize Learning
Should children sit in rows facing the teacher?
Does the task determine the seating arrangement?
Kevin Stoller
Kevin Stoller is a serial entrepreneur with a passion for mission-based businesses. He earned a Master's in Business Administration from The Ohio State University, and a Bachelor's degree from Miami University. He co-founded Kay-Twelve, a leading national distributor of educational furniture, in 2009. On a personal note, Kevin spends as much time as possible with his wife Darci and their three active children, Grant, Maggie & Tessa. The Stoller Family recently moved to Scottsdale, Arizona--but Kevin still roots for his sports teams from growing up in Chicago and spending 20+ years in Ohio.
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Articles:
The influence of classroom seating arrangement on children’s cognitive processes in primary school: the role of individual variables - PMC
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...
Exploration of Classroom Seating Arrangement and Student Behavior in a Second Grade Classroom
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drrobertdillon.com/books/
Plus 2 influential books are worth discussing:
The End of Average by Todd Rose
From the Campfire to the Holodeck by David Thornburg
www.secondclassfoundation.org...

[@sarac8335]

I'd love to see an episode that expands on this topic and looks at open plan classrooms. They have been very popular in Australia for the last 20-30 years and they don't help learning for any students. Students with language deficits or neurodiversity of any kind suffer more. This makes sense when you consider the massive extraneous cognitive load of having multiple classrooms in a single space and the inherent potential for distraction.
As someone with moderate hearing loss, the background noise is unmanageable for teaching too.

[@shabang2]

Love these thought-provoking discussions. Cheers from a lefty down under.

[@faithborkowsky]

❤

[@hollymanheim9942]

I had different seating arrangements in 3rd, 4th, and in 5th and 6th grade. They were all different.

[@reginaodell3035]

I disagree with the coment that students will be in trouble for standing up. I have been a teacher for decades, I have never seen or heard of a teacher being strict by a student standing up, provided the student is not disrupting the learning of others. Though I never taught at desks in straight lines. I do not even mind if students get up and pace while listening or reading.

[@reginaodell3035]

I hate school lighting. The only thing positive about portable is you can use light covers that shade the fluorescent. The long fluorescent lights. ugh

[@faithborkowsky]

@@reginaodell3035I agree. Thanks for listening!