{"id":10636,"date":"2015-08-06T16:28:55","date_gmt":"2015-08-06T06:28:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/legoeng.local\/?p=10636"},"modified":"2020-04-03T17:50:46","modified_gmt":"2020-04-03T06:50:46","slug":"wait-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/legoeng.local\/wait-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Wait Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Year after year, it is my goal to continue to grow and improve the robotics program we have. After evaluating the strengths and weaknesses of the class, an identified improvement was the need of a non-verbal way of communicating students\u2019 need for assistance.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/legoeng.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/londa_wait2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-10638 size-thumbnail alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/legoeng.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/londa_wait2-150x150.png\" alt=\"londa_wait2\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>As part of Robotics class in second grade, we introduce students to the \u201cWait\u201d option when asking for help. On each work station, a LEGO magnet is affixed to a metal cabinet with two minifigures. One minifigure, Jack, has green pants- representing, \u201cI am good to go, no questions.\u201d The other minifigure, Jill, has orange pants-meaning, \u201cCaution, I have a question, but I will &#8216;wait&#8217; and do some problem solving while the teachers helps other students.\u201d Not only does this encourage students to work through their difficulties on their own, it is also a great classroom management technique. Students are less likely to shout out when they need assistance.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/legoeng.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/londa_wait1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10637 size-thumbnail alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/legoeng.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/londa_wait1-150x150.png\" alt=\"londa_wait1\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>This &#8220;Wait Time&#8221; strategy allows students a moment to \u201cwait\u201d and work through initial failure as a demonstration of their growth mindset and a stepping stone to finding a solution. This waiting process is not just beneficial for the students; it allows the teacher time to not only consider possible solutions themselves but reach each child and have the peace of mind that the students aren\u2019t sitting idle. This technique has benefited the program as a whole; it is truly amazing that something as simple as two LEGO minifigures and a magnet can be representative of so much more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Year after year, it is my goal to continue to grow and improve the robotics program we have. After evaluating the strengths and weaknesses of the class, an identified improvement was the need of a non-verbal way of communicating students\u2019 need for assistance. As part of Robotics class in second grade, we introduce students to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":436,"featured_media":10637,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[128],"tags":[624],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/legoeng.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10636"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/legoeng.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/legoeng.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/legoeng.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/436"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/legoeng.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10636"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/legoeng.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10636\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/legoeng.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/legoeng.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/legoeng.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/legoeng.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}