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| Wait time/waiting time | A strategy, highlighted by Black and Wiliam, of allowing some time to elapse between asking a question and taking answers. The point is to enable pupils to think, and to link the question to schemata of knowledge they already possess, before having to articulate the answer. Also known as 'think time'. |
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| WALT | An acronym for 'we are learning to'. Developed by Shirley Clarke, WALT is used to convey a learning intention. It is sometimes characterised as an owl, or an animal. |
| web browser | A web browser is an application program that provides a way to look at and interact with all the information on the world wide web. |
| WILF | An acronym for ‘what I’m looking for’. An exemplification of success criteria, developed by Shirley Clarke. WILF is sometimes characterised as an animal or in comic human form. |
| WWW world wide web | World wide web (or just plain web). An internet service which allows users to view and interact with documents, through graphical interface software called a web browser. |
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