Conference Table
A single table makes the class one meeting. Everyone can see everyone, materials sit in the middle, and there is no back row to disappear into. It stops working when the table gets so long that the ends cannot hear each other.
Use it when
- Tutorials, advisory, and small classes
- Editorial meetings and seminar papers
- Any group that should feel like one table, not an audience
Pick something else when
- More than about 20 students
- You need a board that everyone faces squarely
- Individual testing
Class sizes
8 students
4 rows on a 6 by 6 grid.
9 students
4 rows on a 7 by 6 grid.
10 students
5 rows on a 7 by 7 grid.
11 students
5 rows on a 7 by 7 grid.
12 students
5 rows on a 7 by 7 grid.
13 students
5 rows on a 8 by 7 grid.
14 students
6 rows on a 8 by 8 grid.
15 students
6 rows on a 8 by 8 grid.
16 students
6 rows on a 8 by 8 grid.
17 students
6 rows on a 9 by 8 grid.
18 students
7 rows on a 9 by 9 grid.
19 students
7 rows on a 9 by 9 grid.
20 students
7 rows on a 9 by 9 grid.