‘Take an answer round the class’

A strategy for Effective Questioning and Discussion

When a child gives an incorrect or incomplete answer, instead of responding say ‘Wait there and we’ll see what others think’.
Then take the question round the class and get a range of answers and bring it back to the child who gave the first answer. Then ask ‘Which answer do you like best?’ This technique not only avoids ‘fixing’, it means that the rest of the class re-engage and the child who answered originally also needs to keep listening and thinking. It relies on you using the technique regularly and always coming back.