Proper arrangement of classroom space is important to encouraging interaction. Most of us have noticed how important physical setting is to efficiency and comfort in our work. College classroom space should be designed to encourage the activity of critical thinking.

We are in the 21st century now, but step into almost any college classroom and you step back in time at least a hundred years. Desks are normally in straight rows, so students can clearly see the teacher but not all their classmates. The assumption behind such an arrangement is obvious: Everything of importance comes from the teacher.

With a little imagination and effort, unless desks are fixed to the floor, the teacher can correct this situation and create space that encourages interchange among students. In small or standard-size classes, chairs, desks, and tables can be arranged in a variety of ways: circles, U-shapes or semicircles. The primary goal should be for everyone to be able to see everyone else.

Arrangement of the classroom should also make it easy to divide students into small groups for discussion or problem-solving exercises. Small classes with movable desks and tables present no problem. Even in large lecture halls, it is possible for students to turn around and form groups of four or six. Breaking a class into small groups provides more opportunities for students to interact with each other, think out loud, and see how other students’ thinking processes operate---all these are essential elements in developing new modes of critical thinking.

In courses that regularly use a small group format, students might be asked to stay in the same small groups throughout the course. A colleague of mine, John, allows students to move around during the first two weeks, until they find a group they are comfortable with. John then asks them to stay in the same seat, with the same group, from that time on. This not only creates a comfortable setting for interaction but helps him learn students’ names and faces.

1.The final purpose of arranging desks in circles or U-shapes is __________.

A. for teachers to divide students into small groups

B. to make it possible for students to interact with each other

C. for teachers to find out how students think

D. to give students more opportunities to practice speaking

2.The expression “step back in time at least a hundred years” is intended to convey that________.

A. college classrooms often reminded people of their past

B. critical thinking was encouraged even one century ago

C. desk arrangement in a classroom was quite different from that a hundred years ago

D. today’s arrangement of college classroom space has little difference from past’s

3.The way of arranging desks in classrooms in straight rows indicates that ________.

A. students can be easily prevented from cheating during tests

B. it is convenient for teachers to monitor students

C. teachers play a significant role in a classroom

D. it is good for students to concentrate on listening to teachers

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