Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: Inappropriate Classroom Seating I am interning at a high school this semester and in my learning strategies classes my teacher has the student desks arranged in rows. Of course this is an option included in how one can set up the classroom, but for this specific group of students it does not benefit or support their learning or even the classroom environment. This class definitely does not have a community atmosphere present, as when students are encouraged to work with each other no collaboration takes place. I believe the seating needs to be changed, as it would promote involvement of the students. Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) I faced this same issue. What I did was created a lesson plan in which students needed to sit in a circle on the floor. In order to do that, I needed to move the desks from rows into a semi circle around the classroom. The teacher liked the seating arrangement so much that she ended up keeping it!