Table 1 Student COPUS codes
Student COPUS code description | Student.Codes | S.Codes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Original | Analyzer | Collapsed | Novel | |
Listening: Listening to instructor/taking notes, etc. | L | – | Receiving | Minimal |
Answer Question: Student answering a question posed by the instructor with rest of class listening | AnQ | – | Talking | Few |
Asking: Student asks question | SQ | SQ | Talking | Few |
Whole Class: Engaged in whole class discussion by offering explanations, opinion, judgment, etc. to whole class, often facilitated by instructor | WC | – | Talking | Interactive |
Presentation: Presentation by student(s) | SP | – | Talking | Few |
Thinking: Individual thinking/problem solving. Only mark when an instructor explicitly asks students to think about a clicker question or another question/problem on their own. | Ind | – | Working | Thinking |
Clicker: Discuss clicker question in groups of 2 or more students | CG | CG | Working | Interactive |
Worksheet: Working in groups on worksheet activity | WG | WG | Working | Interactive |
Other Group: Other assigned group activity, such as responding to instructor question | OG | OG | Working | Interactive |
Prediction: Making a prediction about the outcome of demo or experiment | Prd | – | Working | Thinking |
Test/Quiz: Test or quiz | TQ | – | Working | Thinking |
Waiting: Waiting (instructor late, working on fixing AV problems, instructor otherwise occupied, etc.) | W | – | Other | Other |
Other: Other—explain in comments | Other | – | Other | Other |
Total number of codes: | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 |