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classroom setting

classroom setting

2 2.3
The people, rules, and space in a school room for teaching and learning
  • noun
translation icon : entorno de aula
  • Describe the specific classroom setting you will be dealing with and your teaching methodology.
  • regular classroom setting
  • traditional classroom setting
  • inclusive classroom setting

They have like the best downstairs 'cause I, you know, designed it and did a lot of research for a classroom setting.

Examples

  • Pupils need to learn to assist each other in the school and classroom setting.

    Academic text (1996)
  • Specifically, the majority of their classes were in the face-to-face classroom setting, with a few online courses available.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Well, I felt that in such a classroom setting, people were less willing to open up.

  • Questions that might be raised about competitive behavior in the classroom setting include the following:

    Academic text (1996)
  • A narrative approach offers a creative way to work with students in a classroom setting to address such issues.

    Academic text (2013)
  • I've never really worked outside a classroom setting before.

  • Another may be that in any typical classroom setting, boys are generally more outspoken than girls.

    Academic text (1997)
  • Thus, pupils should have self-esteem needs met in the school and classroom setting.

    Academic text (2011)
  • The design of tasks and the classroom setting are essential elements in effective heterogeneous grouping.

    Academic text (1993)
  • In a traditional classroom setting, teachers often use lectures to convey information.

Synonyms

environment
vsclassroom setting
2.7

The people, places, and conditions around a person, animal, or thing that affect them

focuses on conditions specifically affecting teaching and learning situations
setting
vsclassroom setting
317 3.2

The place and time where an event or story happens

applies these circumstances specifically to teaching and learning contexts
surroundings
vsclassroom setting
112 2.5

The area and things near a person or place

highlights the same immediate conditions but with an educational focus

How Structured

chalk and talk
  • Jargon
7.1
to lecture
65 3.8
classroom setting
2 2.3
seminar
209 3.7

Surface Forms

Morphology

classroom + setting

The meaning 'the environment or context of a classroom' is directly and compositionally derived from 'classroom' (room where lessons are conducted) plus 'setting' (context/place), so knowing the constituents gives the full sense. This is a common, literal noun-noun combination found across languages and follows transparent semantic composition, making it readily understandable to a B1 learner.

Etymology

Classroom setting comes from the simple image of a classroom, with desks, a board and a teacher, and the word setting, which means the place and conditions around something. Think of the room, the rules and how lessons are run; those things together are the 'classroom setting', so the phrase now means the 'environment' that affects teaching and learning.