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Table 2 Global indicators used as profile descriptors

From: Measures of success: characterizing teaching and teaching change with segmented and holistic observation data

Global indicator

Description

Number of activities

The number of activity codes present during one class

Between-activity variance

Summed deviations of combinations of activities in one class averaged by number of activities. One minus this term is used to characterize classes as having more balance between activities. Single activity classes are given a value of 0.

Later Lecture

Indicates if lecture started after the first quartile of class time

EOC factor score

Composite factor score of 13 end-of-class items used to characterize classes. Survey was designed by the study team