Year: 2024
Type: article
Study design: Clinical Trial
Abstract: participation, we employed a flipped format for the first half of the course and compared learning outcomes and attitudes with the traditional lecture in the second half of the course. The experimental course was an upper-level biochemistry course taken primarily by juniors (49%), seniors (40%), and some graduate students (10%) at the college level. Our results indicate that lower-performing students academically benefited from the flipped format (twofold lower failure rate as compared to previous years), whereas, there was no change with higher performing students when comparing student grades from previous courses. Academic assessments were derived from exams, quizzes, in-class activity/participation, and out-of-class homework. Participation and overall satisfaction with the course was significantly much higher in the flipped format (88% of students) than in the traditional lecture (< 10%) for all students. In-class activities in both faculty preparation and execution were crucial to the success of the flipped format. Our conclusions are that the flipped pedagogy is better for the reinforcement of difficult concepts for struggling students (95% students in agreement) and merits higher participation than the traditional lecture. Two-way communication between instructor and students is encouraged and enhanced with in-class activities and case studies. Due to the success of this project and in agreement with ~ 75% of the students, the entire course will be flipped going forward. Supplementary Information: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s40561-024-00356-z.
Source: Smart Learning Environments
Institution: University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Language: English
Topic: Innovative Teaching Methods
Subfield: Education
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $1,810
Funder: National Institutes of Health
Award: G9000164222
OpenAlex ID: W4405011901