What are the benefits?
Well, there are many benefits to TPS! The first and easiest to remember is that incorporates wait time/think time! Here's what research tells us about that very important pause we give students:
- Brain-based research shows us that when the brain feels threatened it tends to shut down;
- When students are given wait time they are able to think then share with a classmate; they will feel safer and will in turn be more successful!
- Wait time/think time improves the quality of students’ responses
- More students will participate if they are given wait time/think time
- TPS also ensures that every student is given a voice,
whether it be their own physical voice or through their shared ideas. - TPS encourages student to be accountable to think and participate.
- TPS helps students shift from Covert to Overt*:
- Students are given the opportunity to stay in their comfort zone by thinking (this is covert – or hidden from public view)
- When they discuss with a partner they begin to shift to overt (not hidden from public view)
- This transition makes it a smoother transition over having students immediately share their thoughts to the public view (in this case, the entire class group)
- Research shows that brains are more engaged during social interactions (i.e.: discussing with a peer)
- Social interactions are stored in the brain as events; research shows events are more easily remembered than hard data
* The asterisks mark words and strategies that might be new to you. By clicking on the word you will be redirected to my * WHAT DOES THAT MEAN!? page.