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Wait Time: Slowing Down May Be A Way of Speeding Up!
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The wait time concept has become a significant dimension in the research on teaching. When teachers ask students ques tions, they typically wait less than one second for a student response. Further, after a student stops speaking, teachers react or respond with another question in less than one second. The concepts of wait time 1 (pausing after asking a question) and wait time 2 (pausing after a student response) are discussed in this article by Rowe. She reviews the literature on wait time and describes the efficacy of different training procedures used to enhance the quality of teacher questioning techniques and teacher responses to students. The appropriateness of using wait time with special needs students, particularly handicapped children, is also discussed.
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“Studies later found that an increased wait time, to a threshold of three seconds or more, gives students more time to think about the questions and is associated with positive changes in the classroom interaction patterns, including increased number and length of student utterances (Swift & Gooding, 1983) and student answers being”
From Teacher questions, wait time, and student output in classroom interaction in EMI science classes: An interdisciplinary view (2023) · cites this paper as Rowe, 1986
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- Authors
- Rowe, M. B.
- Affiliations
- University of Florida (US)
- Corresponding author
- Rowe, Mary Budd
- Venue
- Journal of Teacher Education
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 1986-01
- Volume
- 37
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 43-50
- ISSN
- 0022-4871 (ISSN-L)
- 1552-7816
- OpenAlex
- W100240282
- Cited by
- 534
- References
- 20
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 6.97
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Teacher Education (publishedVersion)
- The American Educator
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Communication in Education and Healthcare
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Behavioral and Psychological Studies
- Social Sciences › Education › Evaluation of Teaching Practices
- Keywords
- waiting time, teacher questioning, classroom questioning, special needs students, children with disabilities, student response time
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