Using wait time in the classroom to increase understanding, student learning and behaviour.

2. Mary Budd Rowe’s research shows
What you do after asking
a question impacts on
your students
They expect a response
within 0.9 seconds Many teachers ask two or
three questions per
minute
Often they Then only a few
answer their seconds before
own questions moving on
What can you do? Introduce wait time

3. What is wait time?
Always ask open ended
questions
Or use think – pair – Wait 3 – 10 seconds
partner response before asking for a
response
Ask random
students to Ignore the
respond waving hands

4. Research is showing that when you change
your questioning style to include wait time
But it
Teachers (requiring must be
That and higher Student
academic taught
discipline students order achievement
improves ask better thinking to
improves
questions skills) become
a HABIT

5. Wait time gives time for
Time to
Time to access
Increased respond with
prior
metacognition accuracy and
knowledge
precision

6. Wait time helps
The All
To reduce
student to students to
impulsivity
reflect focus

7. Wait time supports these Habits of Mind
Listening with
Thinking Striving for
interdependently
understanding
accuracy
and empathy

8. How else can they show understanding?
Think pair
share

9. What can you do now?
 Wait Time: Slowing Down May Be A Way of Speeding
Up! Article by Mary Budd Rowe
 http://habitsofmind.org
 Thoughtful Teachers Handbook