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Do you believe she provided enough wait time for students?
Yes, I believe the teacher provided enough wait time for the students. Sufficient wait time could in fact encourage the students to express their views during different stages of the learning process.
How do you personally react to wait time, either when you were in school or in the workplace?
When a question is directed at me, I personally take some time to think about the matter and would respond in the most appropriate manner. That is, I am a person who utilizes the wait time to think about the issue or question being asked. So I like teachers who give sufficient wait time for the students. According to Davis (2013, p. 72) “appropriate wait-time allows students to access their knowledge and process ideas in order to critically respond to discussion topics”.
Does the increased anxiety help or hinder your learning?
I feel increased anxiety would definitely hinder my learning. If you are anxious or worried about any matter you would not be able to perform well in any activity, leave alone learning. When considering the case of learning, an anxious person might not be able to concentrate as the person would be preoccupied with his anxious thoughts.
How do you feel about the questions she asked?
Questions the teacher asked were good and it was based on each person’s capability. The questions were simple and were easy to understand. None of the students had to ask the teacher to restate the questions, which indicates that her presentation was loud and clear.
Were they at the appropriate level?
Yes, I felt the questions were of appropriate level. The teacher asked questions according to each student’s abilities, which were encouraging for the students to respond. The teacher was not repeating the same questions to different students who were in the different learning stages. In that way I felt the questions were appropriate and encouraging to the students.
What suggestions might you give this teacher regarding her questioning?
The teacher could have made it more interactive. Here the teacher was asking a question or a couple of questions to the students and they were responding to it. The teacher could have asked more short questions which might help the student to elaborate more on the matter. Such short questions would enable the teacher to be more specific and critical and would be useful for assessing the student’s capabilities in being specific. I felt all the questions were more general and could have been more specific.
References
Davis, H. S. (2010). Discussion as a bridge: Strategies that engage adolescent and adult learning styles in the postsecondary classroom. Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 13 (1): 68 – 76. Retrieved March 16, 2014, from http://sundoc.bibliothek.uni-halle.de/diss-online/06/06H115/prom.pdf
