• The time you wait before initiating another question or turning to another student may be as important in actively engaging the learner in the learning process as the question itself. Teachers...

• The time you wait before initiating another question or turning to another student may be as important in actively engaging the learner in the learning process as the question itself. Teachers should observe a wait time of at least three seconds before asking another question, repeating the previous question, or calling on another student.

• Longer wait times have been associated with longer responses, greater numbers of voluntary responses, greater behavioral complexity of responses, greater frequency of student questions, and increased confidence in responding.