Rather than using a basic recitation technique in which a teacher poses a problem and one student offers a reply, Think-Pair-Share supports a high extent of student response and can help keep students on task., on condition that "think time" boosts quality of student responses. Students become energetically involved in thinking about the thoughts presented in the lesson.

Research tells us that we require time to psychologically "chew over" fresh thoughts in order to collect them in memory. When teachers present too much information all at once, much of that information is nowhere to be found. If we give students time to "think-pair-share" throughout the lesson, more of the significant information is retained.

When students speak over fresh ideas, they are required to make logic of those fresh ideas in conditions of their previous knowledge. Their confusions about the subject matter are often exposed (and resolved) during this debate phase....
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