Fans of the Flip Side? Students' Perceptions of the Flipped Classroom Format

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Abstract

This study examines students’ perceptions of and performance in flipped courses, or a type of blended learning pedagogy that uses technology to move lectures to outside the classroom context, and employs more active learning activities during class meetings. Findings from an investigation of five different flipped classrooms representing diverse subject material at one institution in 2013-2014 indicate that the vast majority of students find the flipped format to be effective to their learning, but approximately ten percent disfavor the format. However, results from a regression analysis show that neither enthusiasm for nor skepticism against the flipped format are related to students’ performance on learning assessments that were tailored to the goals and objectives of the examined courses.

Authors

• Karen K. Inkelas, University of Virginia

• Jelena Gledic, University of Belgrade

• Deborah Barry, Syracuse University

• Amy Swan, George Mason University

• Jill Nicole Jones, University of Virginia

• Sarah E. Whitley, University of Virginia