Space and Students Classroom Behavior in Elementary School

DOI

10.2991/icse-15.2016.58How to use a DOI?

Keywords

space; students behavior; classroom seating arrangements

Abstract

This research aim to analyse theoretically the impact of distance to student’s nonverbal behavior in learning situations. In recent years, it is believed that the method of collaborative learning is the best choice for learning and teaching process. This raises the different seating arrangement in many classrooms. This study used ethnographic methods of communication to observe the several classrooms with different seating arrangements. Expectancy Violation Theory (EVT) used to underpin the understanding of differences in student behavior as a reaction to seating arrangement. The distance between teacher and student who are physically and psychologically closed would show a more favorable student behavior, but not the otherwise

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© 2016, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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AU  - Danang Tandyonomanu
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TI  - Space and Students Classroom Behavior in Elementary School
BT  - Proceedings of the 1st UPI International Conference on Sociology Education (UPI ICSE 2015)
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