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Scoop.it!
An elementary teacher who has been using flexible seating for over a decade responds to the concerns he hears most frequently from other teachers. 
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Scoop.it!
Allowing students to move the furniture can help you differentiate instruction and give your students more agency in their learning.
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Scoop.it!
The physical setup of chairs, tables, and presentation in a classroom can significantly influence learning. Instructional communication theory suggests that seating arrangements can impact how the instructor communicates with students and how the students interact with one another, impacting engagement, motivation, and focus (McCorskey and McVetta, 1978). More recent research also suggests that students tend to prefer more flexible seating arrangements (Harvey and Kenyon, 2013). In particular, students have been shown to be more partial towards classrooms with mobile vs. fixed chairs, and trapezoidal tables with chairs on casters as opposed to rectangular tables with immobile chairs.
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