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Kiran Dhillon, Annenberg School of Communication; Lori Mesrobian, Dornsife Latin American and Iberian Cultures; Kendra Walther, Viterbi Information Technology Program; and Mellissa Withers, KSOM Population and Public Health Sciences, participants in the 2022-2023 Faculty Learning Community on Alternative Assessments and Grading Practices, share their experiences with the implementation, lessons learned, challenges, and opportunities of ungrading and grading for equity.
Sources: USC Faculty | Formats: Videos | Audience: Faculty |
Raffaella Ghittoni of Dornsife Biological Sciences discusses incorporating mini-lectures by students on selected topics at the August 2022 Faculty Showcase.
Sources: CET, USC Faculty | Formats: Videos | Audience: Faculty | Disciplines: Clinical, STEM
Tracy Bastain of Keck Population and Public Health Sciences discusses incorporating team debates, peer reviews, and other non-traditional approaches to assess mastery of course concepts at the August 2022 Faculty Showcase.
Sources: CET, USC Faculty | Formats: Videos | Audience: Faculty | Disciplines: Clinical, STEM
Susan Berg of Bovard College discusses an interactive approach to assessment at the August 2022 Faculty Showcase.
Sources: CET | Formats: Videos | Audience: Faculty | Disciplines: Arts, Gen Ed courses, Humanities, Performance, Social Science
Lori Mesrobian from Dornsife Latin American and Iberian Cultures discusses “ungrading” assignments in language classes at the August 2022 Faculty Showcase on Alternative Assessments
Sources: CET, USC Faculty | Formats: Videos | Audience: Faculty, Staff, Students, TAs | Disciplines: Arts, Clinical, Gen Ed courses, Humanities, Performance, Social Science, STEM
Elise Ruckert and Didi Matthews from the Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy discuss design, implementation and revision of a clinical reasoning competency assignment for doctoral physical therapy students at the August 2022 Faculty Showcase
Sources: CET, USC Faculty | Formats: Videos | Audience: Faculty, Staff, Students, TAs | Disciplines: Clinical
Felicia Yeung Tabing from Dornsife Mathematics discusses design, implementation and revision of mastery-based assessment in a mathematics class at the August 2022 Faculty Showcase on Alternative Assessments
Sources: CET, USC Faculty | Formats: Videos | Audience: Faculty, Staff, TAs | Disciplines: Arts, Clinical, Gen Ed courses, Humanities, Performance, Social Science, STEM
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.
Sources: CET | Formats: Word document | Audience: Faculty, Staff, Students, TAs | Disciplines: Arts, Clinical, Gen Ed courses, Humanities, Performance, Social Science, STEM
A selection of literature resources discussing efforts to define what is meant by “teaching excellence” at the university level.
Sources: CET | Formats: Word document | Audience: Faculty, Staff, Students, TAs | Disciplines: Arts, Clinical, Gen Ed courses, Humanities, Performance, Social Science, STEM
A selection of literature resources discussing the impacts of activating prior knowledge on student learning.
Sources: CET | Formats: Word document | Audience: Faculty, Staff, Students, TAs | Disciplines: Arts, Clinical, Gen Ed courses, Humanities, Performance, Social Science, STEM
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