Seating Arrangement
Flexible Seating: Flexible seating helps create a sense of community for students. Student seats are not in the traditional setting. Students can get the option to seat where they want and create a more open environment.

Furniture Arrangement
The way desks and other classroom furniture are arranged must provide space that encourages collaboration, discussion, and individual work.  Teachers should be able to move around the space to interact with students, giving feedback and facilitating learning. 

Materials and Supplies
All materials must be placed in a way that can be accessed easily and independently by students. Organize materials and store them in the appropriate places.

Decorating the Room
Teachers can make a classroom more inviting and student-friendly by being mindful of how they create and decorate the space. Teachers can also involve students by letting them choose which of their own works they want to display. 

Visual Aids and Classroom Display
Classroom walls should be decorated with academic visual aids, a calendar, a class schedule, classroom rules, classroom announcements, and reminders.  When posting visuals, make sure that:

Digital Visuals
Utilizing positive Multi-Media on SmartBoards: Teachers can present positive videos, voices, and images to further enhance the classroom and make it more exciting, and loving! Such as playing a few fun tunes at the beginning of class to lighten the environment, keeping light music playing in the background to keep a welcoming environment & more

Learning Centers
Teachers can create learning areas where students can engage in different activities that will enhance or differentiate students' learning or expand lesson topics.
Learning centers give students choice on how they want to participate and when.  



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* How can you implement assessment so that it enhances student-centered learning?

1. Consider what you want your students to learn and tell them: Effective assessment practices begin when you can complete the following sentence: "By the end of the course, I want my students to be able to …" Concrete verbs such as "define, argue, solve, and create" are more helpful for course planning than vague verbs such as "know or understand" or passive verbs such as "be exposed to."

2. Select assignments and tests that measure what you value most: Try to ensure that your tests, exams, and assignments will teach and test the knowledge and skills that you most want students to learn. And throughout your course, teach students how to answer the kinds of questions that you will ask on tests and assignments.

3. Construct an assessment skeleton: Once you have chosen assessment methods and their general features, the next step is to combine all your tests and assignments into a bare-bones assessment "skeleton." This skeleton helps you see whether your assignments and tests fit both your and your students' course goals and whether they are manageable in terms of workload. Ask yourself: "Is the workload reasonable, strategically placed, and sustainable?"

4. Collaborate with your students to set and achieve goals: Your goals as an instructor are not the only ones in your classroom. Your students' goals are also very powerful. An understanding of those goals is crucial to designing effective assessment methods because if the instructor and students are on different wavelengths, the students may not complete the assignments in the way the instructor planned.

5. Make assignment and test instructions clear to students.: How can we assess learning when students define the task in different ways? Once you have assignments and tests that assess what you most want your students to learn, you need to ensure that your instructions for the assignment are clear to your students. Tell the students what you are looking for by means of a rubric or by providing examples.

Resources: 

Age-appropriate activities are key when incorporating movement in a classroom. When dealing with other students, like middle and high schoolers, they might feel some activities are too childish and be less inclined to be engaged.  When designing a lesson have one that will properly challenge the student while still be engaging. 

References:

Strauss, V. (2014, July 8). Why so many kids can’t sit still in school today. The Washington Post. Retrieved June 1, 2020, from https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2014/07/08/why-so-many-kids-cant-sit-still-in-school-today/?arc404=true

TEDxTalks. (2015, April 22). The kinesthetic classroom: Teaching and learning through movement | Michael Kuczala | tedxashburn. YouTube. Retrieved June 17, 2022, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41gtxgDfY4s&ab_channel=TEDxTalks

The need for movement in the classroom: Student-centered world. Student. (2022, April 12). Retrieved June 17, 2022, from https://www.studentcenteredworld.com/movement-in-the-classroom/ 

       1. Think: students are given a problem and are asked to   think of questions independently.
       2. Pair: students discuss their ideas in a pair and draw up conclusions together.
      3. Share: The pair shares their conclusion with the rest of the class. 

       1. RallyRobin (students alternate giving brief responses in   pairs)
       2. Timed Pair Share(students are given a predetermined time to share and listen while working in pairs)
       3. RoundRobin (students take turns in responding orally, while working in teams)
       4. RallyCoach (partners take turns solving problems, while the other one coaches)
     5. Standup, Handup, Pairup ( students stand up, put their hand up and quickly find a partner with whom to share or discuss) 

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Five reading activities to increase engagement and rigor | The lettered classroom. (2019, November 3). YouTube. https://youtu.be/dJsyoKpGQrc?t=292

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In Student Centered Learning (SCL) students are co- creators of their own learning process. They make decisions regarding what,how, when they would learn.  They develop skills such as self-direction, curiosity, creativity, and collaboration which are crucial for their future success.

In SCL students have the opportunity to decide,

This is entirely the opposite if teacher centered learning.

Similar to any pedagogical approach, that shift into SCL was more intuitive for some educators in the study than others. But almost all participating teachers—those who immediately embraced SCL and those who found it more challenging—ultimately reported benefits. They built better relationships with students, felt more attuned to classroom dynamics, and tailored learning to individual needs. 

References
Sudderth,A. (2022). What is Student Centered Learning and Why is it Important?. Rethink Together, 

The students do different activities independently, some taking notes, some collaboratively solving mathematical problems and some gets exit cards for mastery. The students enjoy the independence they get to go at their own pace.

The lesson for today is pre-recorded by the teacher and students have the opportunity to rewatch it and learn it independently.

Everyone is going at different paces in this model, however amidst the independence there is collaboration happening. Peer tutoring takes place.

 
   a) Using rubrics and checklists for self-evaluation.
    b)Co-creating rubrics with students
   c) Using a checklist to guide self-assessment.

2. Peer Assessment

When peers give informed feedback is called 'Peer Assessment'. There are certain steps to be taken for this.
a) Using guidelines to create a good peer Assessment.
b)The guidelines should give a clear idea of what the peers are expected to do.
c) Focusing on the Ladder of feedback technique.

3. Process Portfolio

This is a collection of students' work documented to show the self-growth of the student.

4. Exhibition- This is a display of mastery level work of the student in a specific academic moment. Mostly an end of a Unit, Semester, or a year.


Reference
knowledgableWorks.(2013). Student-centered Assessment resources. Students at the center