Rowe 1986 Wait time may be a way of speeding up

Question 1

What are the key concepts in what we read?

Answer 1

1. What is wait time?
   
   • 1: teacher pauses after asking a question
   • 2: teacher pausing after a student response
   • Both typically last ≤ 1 sec

Question 2

What question(s) did the author(s) set out to answer?

Answer 2

Q1: What happens to students when you increase wait time?

Q2: What happens to teachers when you increase wait time?

Question 3

What did they find?

Answer 3

Q1: What happens to students when you increase wait time?
1. The variety of Ss participating increases
2. The length of S responses increases
3. The number of questions asked by Ss increases
4. The incidence of speculative thinking increases
5. More inferences are supported by evidence and logical argument
6. S-S exchanges increase (they listen to each other more and respond to each other more)
7. Achievement on cognitively complex measures improves
8. S confidence increases

Q2: What happens to teachers when you increase wait time?
1. The number and kind of questions asked by teachers change (more advanced)
2. Expectations for the performance of certain students seem to improve (”invisible” people become visible)

Question 4

Why should we care?

Answer 4

Instead of just memorizing the list of effects,

1. Picture a classroom in which there is more wait time
2. think about how the effects are interrelated