EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY

Chapter 11 page 230

Problem 11.1 Evaluating Teaching: Physical Design of the Classroom

door

teacher’s desk

garbage

can

book-

shelves

Table

1

Table

2

2

Cabinets with counter space stretching all along the back wall

Students’ desks

heating

vents

pencil sharpener

Jarod Haynes teaches 6th grade language arts. He has to make do with a small

classroom. This diagram shows the layout of his classroom. On Table 1, he keeps

handouts for the day. Students turn in homework by stacking their papers on Table 1.

The bookshelves are where he stores additional textbooks that his classes are not

currently using. Table 2 is where he keeps reference books that students need for

current group projects that are the focus of class for the next two weeks.

Evaluate the physical layout that Jarod has developed for his classroom.