This is something my PSMT is very good at. She will wait for what seems like forever until her students figure it out or are simply willing to say what is on their minds. This is a strategy I need to work on. The awkwardness can be tough to deal with but when your students realize you will not answer for them they will step up and be responsible for the questions posed to them. I tend to give up and move on with material and I don't think it is effective. On the second form of wait time I never really thought about it's importance until I purposefully observed whether or not teachers do it. Overall I noticed that most teachers give a good pause before moving on with their own thoughts. This makes the student feel like their comments contributed to the discussion instead of feeling like the teacher couldn't wait to move on.
Does anyone have an experience when they were willing to wait on their students for answers and had a great experience because of it? If so, please share.
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