Wait Time: Check What the Pause Changes
Check what the pause changes: compare a first response with a response after purposeful thinking or rehearsal.
Worked model: Wait Time: Check What the Pause Changes
- 1Check what the pause changes
- 2Present the question and ask every learner to choose privately
- 3Require a reason or evidence with the choice
- 4Use the response pattern to revisit the misconception or continue
Collect a first answer to a hinge question, give time for a sketch or paired rehearsal, then collect a second answer and reason. Compare the change. If nothing improves, examine the prompt and task rather than assuming more silence is sufficient.
Teach the move
Prepare · 3 minutes
Choose a short question with plausible responses that reveal different misconceptions.
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Check what the pause changes: compare a first response with a response after purposeful thinking or rehearsal.
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Present the question and ask every learner to choose privately.
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Require a reason or evidence with the choice.
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Use the response pattern to revisit the misconception or continue.
EAL upgrade
Remove choices and require an independent explanation.
Keep the subject challenge. Offer one model, visual or language prompt where needed, then check a fresh independent response.
Try it tomorrow
Choose a short question with plausible responses that reveal different misconceptions.
Check what the pause changes: compare a first response with a response after purposeful thinking or rehearsal. Present the question and ask every learner to choose privately.
Check a fresh example after any explanation; do not infer understanding from a correct guess.
Remove choices and require an independent explanation.
What to look for
Check a fresh example after any explanation; do not infer understanding from a correct guess.
Teacher language
Adapt these prompts to the task and your learners.
Our purpose is: Check what the pause changes: compare a first response with a response after purposeful thinking or rehearsal.
Show the relationship and explain the choice you made.
Try the new case on your own. Show the detail or reasoning that supports your answer.
Which support do you still need, and which part can you now do independently?
Across subjects
Maths: an almost-right fraction answer. Humanities: a source claim that overreaches its evidence.
Adjust language support
Use a small word bank, visuals and partner rehearsal when needed. Extend with precise explanations and qualifications. Judge the support from the response to this task.