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. 2021 Aug 4;71(10):1063–1078. doi: 10.1093/biosci/biab077

Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of instructors (n = 35) and their courses (n = 74 class sessions).

Characteristics n Percentage
Years of teaching experience
 0–5 14 40.0
 6–10 8 22.9
 11+ 13 37.1
Instructor type
 Research faculty 14 40.0
 Teaching faculty 7 20.0
 Lecturers 14 40.0
STEM discipline of instructor
 Biology 16 45.7
   Molecular and Cellular Biology (12)
   Life and Environmental Sciences (2)
   Quantitative Systems Biology (2)
 Chemistry 9 25.7
 Mathematics 4 11.4
 Other STEM 6 27.1
   Physics (4)
   Engineering (2)
Class size (class sessions)
 Small (≤60 students) 24 32.4
 Medium (61–100 students) 6 8.1
 Large (>100 students) 43 59.5
Class level (class sessions)
 Lower division 55 74.3
 Upper division 14 18.9
 Graduate 5 6.8

Note: Some instructors taught more than one course, but demographics and class sessions are included per instructor. Parentheses indicate the number in the subcategory.