Home | How It Works | Stats Login | Register         Case: Classroom layout What is the most effective layout for a classroom of 4th graders? Are groups of 4 with assigned team names a good idea? I'm going to be a teacher in a couple of years so I would like to hear real examples of how teachers effectively layout their classrooms. What are the best arrangements for a class? Solution: (Rates are posted for this solution!) It depends on their age-ranges. Research shows that 8 year olds really love group work and thrive in that environment, so the idea you had with team names would work great! They do, however, tend to start to get “cliquey” around this age so I would keep an eye out for that. As they start to progress through the year, you may seem some dynamic changes socially, where they want to work more closely with partners and thrive more that way.