Wait-Time and Student Performance Level in Second Language Classrooms.

Shrum, Judith L.

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Publication Date: 1984

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Wait-Time and Student Performance Level in Second Language Classrooms.

Shrum, Judith L.

Journal of Classroom Interaction, v20 n1 p29-35 Win 1984

This article reports on the results of a descriptive study of wait-time in first-year high school foreign language classes. Over 7500 classroom events were recorded and coded in order to measure and find the variance in time of 3270 instances of post-solicitation and post-response wait-time. Results are discussed. (Author/DF)

Descriptors: Academic Ability, Classroom Communication, Learning Strategies, Questioning Techniques, Reaction Time, Second Language Instruction, Secondary Education, Student Behavior, Teacher Response, Verbal Learning

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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