‘Students taught through the flipped classroom method perform better, are more satisfied’
The model has been both hailed and criticised around the world. While some say it improves performance, others say it increases students’ workload.
ACROSS THE globe, rigorous research is
underway into better classroom teaching models to improve students’ performance
and experience. One such proposed model is the Flipped Classroom — where
students watch lectures through videos at home and utilise classroom hours in
discussion, problem-solving and other activities.
The model has been both hailed and criticised
around the world. While some say it improves performance, others say it
increases students’ workload. To determine the efficacy of this model, a team
of researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, attempted to
implement a flipped method, while constraining the work that a student has to
do.
According to the study, 85 percent of the
students said that this method was as effective as or more effective than
conventional methods. It further found that about 80 percent of the students
said that there should be no change in the major components of the course, such
as weekly quizzes and mid-semester exams.
The report titled ‘Efficacy of a flipped
method in an undergraduate class at IIT Bombay’ also found favourable result in
the students’ performance. “A limited comparison of the performance with a
control group that did the same course taught by another instructor in the
conventional way showed that the flipped classroom students performed better.
Students who did well in the weekly quiz, did well consistently throughout the
course,” read the report.
A compulsory course, Process Control, was
taught to 63 chemical engineering undergraduate students. A set of 36 one-hour
videos, recorded in the previous year when the course was delivered through the
conventional method by one of the authors of the report, was used as the
instructional material.
Students studied three videos every week and
discussed them through Moodle, a Learning Management System. The class met one
hour a week, to assess understanding through an MCQ and to discuss difficult
topics. Big quizzes, mid and end-semester exams, virtual labs, and tutorial
sessions were the other components of the course.
The study conducted by professor Kannan
Moudgalya of Chemical Engineering and Educational Technology departments and
other researchers found that the students both performed well and were
satisfied.
The report, however, pointed out that student
satisfaction and overall performance alone were not sufficient reasons to
convince traditional societies to adopt the flipped method.
“It is also necessary to show that the
students go through the lecture material regularly and that learning happens
throughout the semester.
This requirement is indeed fulfilled in the
current study: this fact is brought out through the weekly quiz and a detailed
study of it,” read the report.
Source | Indian Express | 15 November 2016
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