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Table 3 Observations of instructors by their ITG participation category

From: Transforming education with community-developed teaching materials: evidence from direct observations of STEM college classrooms

Participant types

Materials developers

Mentored instructors

Unmentored instructors

Description

ITG module authors—generally in teams of 3 faculty from different institution types (to ensure diverse teaching perspectives)

ITG users who participated in ITG-related projects such as implementation teams, research teams. Mentoring in the use of ITG and student-centered teaching practices occurred through organized professional development related to ITG projects

ITG users who were not authors or part of a project focused on the use or development of ITG-materials

Total observations n = 345

27

37

281

Number of ITG observations (n = 50)

13

21

16

Number of non-ITG observations (n = 295)

14

16

265

Number of paired observations n = 33 (both ITG and not-ITG)

10

12

11