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ERIC Number: EJ371356
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1987
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The Role of Wait Time in Higher Cognitive Level Learning.
Tobin, Kenneth
Review of Educational Research, v57 n1 p69-95 Spr 1987
Wait time is the duration of pauses separating utterances during a verbal exchange. Paper reviews studies that involve wait time in a range of subject areas and grade levels. Wait time appears to foster higher cognitive level learning by giving teachers and students more time to think. (RB)
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Cognitive Processes, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Processes, Teacher Student Relationship, Verbal Communication
Publication Type: Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Thinking Skills; Wait Time