Wait Time

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http://brainaware.ca/?page_id=7
This single page document defines Wait Time and what occurs during questioning. It also gives examples of good questioning techniques using Wait Time.

http://www.ericdigests.org/1995-1/think.htm
Links to a document that discusses the concepts of "Think-Time" and "Wait-Time". It includes a section on the skillful use of Think-Time.

http://www.oic.id.ucsb.edu/ta/tips/wait.html
A single page document of Teaching Tips for TAs defining Wait Time and research findings of instructors' use of this technique.

http://sce4361-01.sp01.fsu.edu/waittime.html
A well-referenced paper describing the major outcomes from nearly 20 years of research by the author on Wait Time.

http://eric.ed.gov/
Investigated effects of increasing middle school teachers' wait time on general questioning skills in science teaching. Four groups (10 teachers each) were used: control; group receiving printed guides on discussion/techniques; group using an electronic feedback device; group using both guides and feedback device. Results, conclusions, and implications are reported.

http://eric.ed.gov/
A paper explaining an experiment using two Middle School science teachers with Wait Time as one of the variables in the experiment. The results indicated that using a mean teacher wait-time of approximately three seconds and ensuring may increase achievement that students are maximally engaged on the instructional objectives.

http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1983JRScT..20..721S
This links to an abstract from a 1983 publication showing the interaction of Wait Time feedback and Questioning instruction on science teaching at the Middle School level.

WEBSITES

http://www.nwrel.org/scpd/sirs/3/cu5.html

Embedded in Cotton's article, Classroom Questioning, are research findings supporting the use of wait time as a classroom questioning technique.  She gives helpful suggestions for increasing wait time to facilitate students' thinking and learning.

http://www.atozteacherstuff.com/pages/1884.shtml

Stahl' s essay covers wait time and think time in detail with tips for incorporating both into classroom practice and includes a short bibliography leading to more information.

http://www.teachervision.fen.com/teaching-methods/new-teacher/48446.html

This essay, Your Secret Weapon: Wait Time, likens wait time to percolation time - good coffee needs time to brew just like the generation of good ideas in students' heads needs the proper "brewing" time.

http://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~seifert/wait.time.paper.html

Seifert questions, Is There a Best "Wait Time"?, in this short essay.  The researcher used Internet communication to help students to assess the idea of "wait time".