Mobility and Flexibility
Overview
Having the mobility and flexibility to change the arrangement of furniture in the learning space also promotes student choice and Motivation.
Example: Use This Strategy In in the Classroom
Design It into Your Product
Use It in the Classroom
Watch how Woodbrook Elementary School teachers are transforming their classrooms to be flexible and personalized. Through choice, students are able to decide how and where they sit in the classroom, which encourages deeper focus and learning.
Design It into Your Product
Learn how flexible, mobile furniture, from vendors such as KI Engaged Learning, promotes student engagement. By having a variety of tables, desks, and chairs with elements of mobility, students and teachers can easily reconfigure the learning space to support different types of instruction.
Learn More
- Explore the Identity, Behavior, and Relationships topic on the Digital Promise Research Map.
- Explore the Teaching for Collaboration & Creativity subtopic on the Digital Promise Research Map.
Additional Resources
Additional examples, research, and professional development. These resources are possible representations of this strategy, not endorsements.
Factors Supported by this Strategy
More Physical Space Strategies
Providing plenty of space for students promotes socially cooperative play and collaboration.
Dim or natural lighting provides a calming environment.
Having quiet space where students can go supports Self-Regulation.
Multiple display spaces promote collaboration by allowing groups to share information easily as they work.
Multiple writing surfaces promote collaboration by allowing groups to share information easily as they work.
Decreasing extra audio input provides a focused learning environment.
Books for vision differences support reading development for learners with visual needs.
Books of varying complexity and reading levels are necessary for all students to experience reading success.
Multicultural and Primary Language books are critical for supporting all students.
With rhyming and creative word use, poetry is a genre that supports the development of early literacy skills in particular.
Books with SEL topics, such as developing friendships and identifying emotions, help teach these skills.
Providing ways for students to adjust sound level supports individual auditory needs.
Providing ways for students to meet their individual temperature needs supports focus and Self-Regulation.
Spaces that are structured, organized, and clean provide calming environments.
