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Rows or Groups?

Drew Fortune
Drew Fortune over 1 year ago

I saw on Teacher Twitter the other day a debate about the benefits of Rows (which I have used for years) compared to Groups. I was wondering what this community goes with? 

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  • John Vidoli
    John Vidoli over 1 year ago

    Hi Drew, I'm in favor of groups. In the past, when I had my own room, I set it up so I could switch between rows and groups quickly. Though, in recent years, I've switch to all groups. I've heard from other teachers at my school that groups of 3 are the best as this arrangement doesn't really allow for students to hide.

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  • John Vidoli
    John Vidoli over 1 year ago

    Hi Drew, I'm in favor of groups. In the past, when I had my own room, I set it up so I could switch between rows and groups quickly. Though, in recent years, I've switch to all groups. I've heard from other teachers at my school that groups of 3 are the best as this arrangement doesn't really allow for students to hide.

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  • Drew Fortune
    Drew Fortune over 1 year ago in reply to John Vidoli

    I do something similar where my rows can work as groups. When I had pods of tables, I would find a student whose back was to the board or the front of class and they had to twist around to see, which sometimes they didn't and I was staring at the back of a head. So I went with the rows/groups hybrid model.

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