Center for Excellence in TeachingTrauma-informed teaching
Teaching and course design practices that can help mitigate the negative impact stress and trauma can have on students’ learning.
Resources: TAs
Checklist for creating psychological safety to facilitate challenging discussions
A checklist of considerations for faculty and TAs to create a sense of psychological safety to facilitate productive challenging discussions.
Integrating current events into discussions
Considerations to effectively integrate current events into classroom discussions. Faculty may plan to discuss current events or integrate unplanned current events into the classroom to support student 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.
Rubrics research
A selection of literature resources discussing the impacts of grading rubrics on student learning.
Grading based on student mastery research
A selection of literature resources discussing the impacts of grading based on student mastery on student learning.
Formative assessment research
A selection of literature resources discussing the impacts of formative assessment on student learning.
Instructor feedback research
A selection of literature resources discussing the impacts of instructor feedback on student learning.
Establishing learning goals with students research
A selection of literature resources discussing the impacts of establishing learning goals with students on their learning.