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. 2022 Summer;21(2):ar31. doi: 10.1187/cbe.21-10-0302

TABLE 9.

Negatively Phrased subcategories of Instructor Talk use listed as number of Instructor Talk instances per 30 minutes (mean ± SEM)

Category Subcategory GTAs Facultya
Positively Phrased Instructor Talk Dismantling the Instructor/Student Relationship Ignoring Student Challenges 0.25 ± 0.09 0.07 ± 0.03
Assuming Poor Behaviors from Students 0.96 ± 0.33 Not observed
Making Public Judgments about Students 0.13 ± 0.07 0.03 ± 0.02
Disestablishing Class Culture Expecting Students Know What to Do 0.08 ± 0.06 0.07 ± 0.05
Discouraging Community among Students Not observed 0.03 ± 0.03
Criticizing Colleagues 0.04 ± 0.04 0.03 ± 0.02
Encouraging Only the Right Answer 0.08 ± 0.08 0.03 ± 0.02
Compromising Pedagogical Choices Expressing Doubt in Pedagogical Choice Not observed 0.03 ± 0.02
Using Convenience to Drive Teaching Choices 0.13 ± 0.09 0.13 ± 0.07
Teaching to a Subset of Students Not observed 0.05 ± 0.03
Focusing on the Grade/Short Term 0.38 ± 0.16 0.08 ± 0.05
Sharing Personal Judgment Sharing Self-Judgment or Self-Pity 0.17 ± 0.08 0.18 ± 0.06
Distancing from Student Experiences Not observed 0.03 ± 0.02
Masking Science Being Implicit about the Nature of Science Not observed Not observed
Intimidating Students from Science Not observed 0.03 ± 0.02

aData reprinted from Harrison et al. (2019).