Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics, Grades K-12: 14 Teaching Practices for Enhancing Learning (Corwin Mathematics Series)

by Peter Liljedahl

And the further they sit from the teacher and the more things—desks, other students, computers, et cetera—are between them and the teacher, the more anonymous they feel. And when students feel anonymous, they are more likely to disengage—in both conscious and unconscious ways.