Center for Excellence in TeachingFlipped classroom paradigm for a health sciences statistics class
Farzana Choudhury discusses using a flipped classroom for a health sciences statistics class at the November 2021 Faculty Showcase.
Resources: TAs
Using case studies and simulation to facilitate duality, necessity, and repeated reasoning in introductory statistics
Cymra Haskell discusses using case studies to facilitate duality, necessity, and repeated reasoning in introductory statistics at the November 2021 Faculty Showcase.
Using asynchronous interview examples to model qualitative methods
Julie Slayton discusses using asynchronous interview examples to model qualitative research methods at the November 2021 Faculty Showcase.
Interactive statistics Zoom zone!
Lorena Martin discusses interactive statistics using Zoom at the November 2021 Faculty Showcase.
Instructional scaffolding
A description of instructional scaffolding – the process of breaking an assignment into smaller steps – and options for scaffolding assignments and learning experiences.
Resources for equity, diversity, and inclusion at the USC Libraries
Elizabeth Galoozis and Karen Howell discuss DEI resources available at the USC Libraries during the September 2021 Faculty Showcase.
Trauma-informed teaching
A compilation of teaching techniques and strategies that can minimize unproductive stress in students and support students who are dealing with trauma.
Trauma-informed teaching
Teaching and course design practices that can help mitigate the negative impact stress and trauma can have on students’ learning.
USC CET Education Research Bibliography
This annotated bibliography of selected educational literature was developed to support USC faculty, administrators, and schools in the development and evaluation of excellence in teaching. The focus, particularly in the section Teaching Best Practices in the USC Definition of Excellence in Teaching Criteria, is on published research that experimentally validates the effectiveness of practices that promote student learning outcomes.
Defining teaching excellence
A selection of literature resources discussing efforts to define what is meant by “teaching excellence” at the university level.