Table 2 Instructor COPUS codes
Instructor COPUS code description | Instructor.Codes | I.Codes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Original | Analyzer | Collapsed | Novel | |
Lecturing: Lecturing (presenting content, deriving mathematical results, presenting a problem solution, etc.) | Lec | Lec | Presenting | Minimal |
Writing: Real-time writing on board, doc. projector, etc. (often checked off along with Lec) | RtW | – | Presenting | Minimal |
Demo/Video: Showing or conducting a demo, experiment, simulation, video, or animation | DV | – | Presenting | Minimal |
Follow Up: Follow-up/feedback on clicker question or activity to entire class | FUp | – | Guiding | Few |
Pose Question: Posing non-clicker question to students (non-rhetorical) | PQ | PQ | Guiding | Thinking |
Clicker Question: Asking a clicker question (mark the entire time the instructor is using a clicker question, not just when first asked) | CQ | CQ | Guiding | Thinking |
Answer Question: Listening to and answering student questions with entire class listening | AnQ | – | Guiding | Few |
Moving/Guiding: Moving through class guiding ongoing student work during active learning task | MG | – | Guiding | Interactive |
One on One: One-on-one extended discussion with one or a few individuals, not paying attention to the rest of the class (can be along with MG or AnQ) | 1o1 | 1o1 | Guiding | Interactive |
Administration: Administration (assign homework, return tests, etc.) | Adm | – | Administration | Miscellaneous |
Waiting: Waiting when there is an opportunity for an instructor to be interacting with or observing/listening to student or group activities and the instructor is not doing so | W | – | Other | Miscellaneous |
Other: Other—explain in comments | Other | – | Other | Miscellaneous |
Total number of codes | 12 | 4 | 4 | 5 |