02/08/2012

What is waitwait-time?
WaitWait-time 1 : the length of time a teacher waits for a student to respond. WaitWait-time 2 : the length of time a teacher waits after a student has responded before the teacher reacts to what was said.

WaitWait -time?
What happens after a learner asks a question?

Benefit
Several teachers have improved student thinking by
practicing quietness, through longer waitwait-times, attentive silence, and reticence Van Zee et al., 2001

WaitWait -time = 3 second ++

Student responses 400400-800 % longer Number of appropriate student responses increases Failure of students to respond decreases Pupils confidence level increases Students ask more questions Low achievers contribute 37% more Speculative & predictive thinking 700% increase Students respond and react more to each other Discipline problems decrease

Reticence*: The trait of being uncommunicative; not volunteering anything more than necessary

Teacher asks question, refers question to another child, or continues to talk. Child received question. Child decodes meaning: What do I know? How can I say it? Child gives response.
Child know s

Step 1: Teacher presents question clearly to the whole class Step 6: Teacher gives feedback and/or decides to redirect the question. Step 5: Wait-time 2, 3-5 seconds, is used to give a student a chance to elaborate and teacher time to consider appropriateness of response.

QUESTIONING MAP

Step 2: Wait-time 1, 3-5 seconds, for students to consider a response.

Child does not know

Wait-time 1 Correct answer Marginal answer Wait-time 2 Incorrect answer

Wait-time 1

Step 3: One student is selected to respond.

Step 4: Wait-time is given to student before repeating, rephrasing, or redirecting the question. A Questioning strategy for the whole class

Teacher responses: accept, encourage, praise, no response