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Station Learning
What is a classroom learning station?
A classroom learning station is a designated place in a classroom where students complete an
educational task. This could be a computer, where students are asked to google a topic. This
could be a table where historical objects are on display for examination. This could be a
boombox where students listen to music from a particular time period.
How do classroom learning stations work?
The teacher divides the class into groups or partners, with between 2 and 4 students in each
team. Each team is assigned a folder of some sort for collecting and logging the team's work.
The team then begins going from one station to another until all of the stations are completed.
4 Strategies for Implementing Learning Stations In Your Classroom
1. Grouping your students: The idea is each academic group comes to the teacher in
groups of four to six students for direct instruction. In the other centers activities are
planned out for groups to do independent work.
- Homogeneous ability groups
- Mixed ability group
- Skills groups
- Random groups
