Depends on what you mean by desks. Up the street here we have an arrangement that sounds much like yours. Each student has a desk and chair and they can be arranged in groups of 1 to 4 as needed, or circled when appropriate.
Skip Kilmer
Greenhill School
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From: Forum for Physics Educators [mailto:PHYS-L@list1.ucc.nau.edu]On
Behalf Of Pete Lohstreter
Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 12:03
To: PHYS-L@LISTS.NAU.EDU
Subject: Desks v. Tables
Does anyone know of any research dealing with the design of a physics
classroom? Specifically Tables v. Student Desks.
My classroom has a full set of lab stations at the rear of the room and
students desks in the front. Is it worthwhile to replace the desks with
tables? Students will never be doing labwork at the tables only at the
lab stations. The front of the room is for instruction and group work.
The desks can be arranged in quads for group work.
Any insight is appreciated.
thanks
Pete Lohstreter "Happy is he who gets to know
The Hockaday School the reasons for things. "
11600 Welch Rd Virgil (70-19 BCE) Roman poet.
Dallas, TX 75229