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ERIC Number: EJ598323
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1994
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ISSN: ISSN-0002-8312
Extended Wait Time and University Student Achievement.
Duell, Orpha K.
American Educational Research Journal, v31 n2 p397-414 Sum 1994
Studied the effects of extending the pauses between teacher questions and naming a student to respond (wait time) in 2 experiments involving 194 college students. Extending wait time from 3 to 6 seconds actually lowered higher-level cognitive achievement. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Processes, College Faculty, College Students, Higher Education, Responses, Wait Time
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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