Cluster | Instructional style | Behaviors that occurred significantly different from other clusters (median fraction) |
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A (35 sessions) | The group-work facilitators | GTAs: spent most time talking to students one-on-one (0.82) initiated more one-on-one interactionsa (0.25) spent less time writing in real timea (0.05) spent least time lecturing (0.10) Students: asked fewer questions with whole class listening (0.00) |
B (23 sessions) | The waiters | GTAs: spent more time waiting (0.38) spent least time talking to students one-on-one (0.44) initiated fewer one-on-one interactionsa (0.10) asked fewer questions in one-on-one interactions (0.05) provided less verbal feedback (0.01) Students: asked fewer questions in one-on-one interactions (0.40) |
C (12 sessions) | The whole-class facilitators | GTAs: asked more questions in front of whole class (0.07) spent more time writing in real timea (0.18) had highest fraction of lecturing (0.27) Students: asked more questions with whole class listening (0.04) |