I am a super fast paced person. People are always telling me that I walk too fast, I talk too fast, or I eat too fast. Basically, I do everything too fast. They are always telling me to slow down. In field, it was no different. My cooperating teacher was probably constantly reminding me to slow down and to wait for an answer from the students before I continue on. I have to remind myself that though it seems like 500 million minutes since I asked the question, in reality it has probably only been about 1 minute. My cooperating teacher has promised that I will get better with time, but I think that I might need to start using a stopwatch. I should train myself to realize that not that much time has passed and that I should wait longer for a response from my students. I hope that I eventually learn that silence is necessary for gaining understanding. The students need more than half a second to comprehend what the teacher has said and to respond. So, if I ever want an answer, I need to "wait for it".
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Anna
5/2/2015 04:54:53 am
I went to a conference earlier this semester, and one of the speakers told us he is an elementary teacher. He kept checking his watch habitually like every 5 minutes, he apologized for it and said it was out of habit from being a teacher. He said that he's been doing it for so long that he can't help it...he has an internal stopwatch. Just practice, and I think it will come with time! (no pun intended :p)
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Jessica
5/4/2015 07:21:23 am
I think this not only has to do with you being a fast-paced person, but also how uncomfortable you feel with the wait time. Its uncomfortable and its going to be that way for a while waiting on students to answer. I found this to be true in my lab. You just have to stay strong and not give the answer eventually someone will answer. Sometimes it won't even be the same person! If no one volunteers after a while, I just start calling on people that haven't contributed to the conversation yet.
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Whitney
5/11/2015 05:08:06 pm
I struggled with wait time also. It does feel like forever waiting for students to answer. I struggle with just calling on a student, instead of waiting for volunteers. This is something that will get better with time. We just need to get used to being uncomfortable while we wait.
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