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Table 1 MISTO administration demographics

From: Student, instructor, and observer agreement regarding frequencies of scientific teaching practices using the Measurement Instrument for Scientific Teaching-Observable (MISTO)

 

Number

% of sample

Institutions

7

 

 Carnegie classification

  Highest research activity (R1)

5

56%

  Higher research activity (R2)

2

33%

 Undergraduate enrollment

  Medium (10,000–20,000)

1

14%

  Large (20,000–30,000)

3

43%

  Very large (> 30,000)

3

43%

Courses

70

 

 Discipline

  Biology

68

97%

  Other STEM

2

3%

 Enrollment

  Small (< 25 students)

13

19%

  Medium (26–100 students)

16

23%

  Large (> 100 students)

41

58%

 Course level

  Lower division (100–200 level)

34

49%

  Upper division (300–400 level)

36

51%

Instructors

58

 

 Academic position

  Adjunct/lecturer

2

3%

  Contract-based lecturer

14

24%

  Tenure-track lecturer

1

2%

  Assistant professor

13

22%

  Associate professor

9

16%

  Professor

19

33%

 Age

  30–39

16

28%

  40–49

10

17%

  50–59

18

31%

  60–69

11

19%

  70 or over

2

3%

 Gender

  Female

24

41%

  Male

34

59%

 Ethnicity

  Underrepresented minority (URM)

3

5%

  Non-URM

55

95%

 Native language

  Non-English

5

9%

  English

52

91%

 Teaching experience

  First semester

3

5%

  1–2 years

5

9%

  3–5 years

11

19%

  6–10 years

9

16%

  11–15 years

8

14%

  16–20 years

5

9%

  Over 20 years

16

28%

 Number of teaching training events (past 5 years)

  None

9

16%

  1–2

18

31%

  3–4

10

17%

  5 or more

21

36%