An Investigation into Effective Pedagogies in a Flipped Classroom: A Case Study

The flipped classroom is being increasingly used in a wide range of instructional situations, yet little is known about how to facilitate it. The purpose of this study is to explore what types of learning activities in a flipped classroom are perceived to be the most effective in the achievement of desired course competencies. This case study specifically focused on the classroom lab sessions—the student-centered classroom—rather than online self-learning modules. Employing a case study using a mixed method approach, this research identifies effective pedagogy in facilitating a flipped classroom. Merrill’s (2002) first principles of instruction were used as a research framework. While results show that students engaged in learning activities of demonstration and application, they were barely exposed to higher-order learning activities. That leads to the conclusion that implementing problem-centered instructional activities, accompanied by desirable challenges, is highly advisable to foster deep engagement. Implications and future directions are discussed. Resume Une investigation sur des pedagogies efficaces dans une salle de classe inversee : Une etude de cas La classe inversee est de plus en plus utilisee dans un large eventail de situations pedagogiques, mais on en sait peu sur la facon de la faciliter. Le but de cette etude est d'explorer quels types d'activites dans une salle de classe inversee sont percus comme etant les plus efficaces dans la realisation des competences de cours visees. Cette etude de cas a ete specifiquement centree sur des sessions de laboratoire en classe – classe centree sur l'etudiant — plutot que des modules d'auto-apprentissage en ligne. En se servant d’une etude de cas tout en utilisant une approche de methodes mixtes, cette recherche propose une pedagogie efficace pour faciliter une salle de classe inversee. Les premiers principes d'instruction de Merrill (2002) ont ete utilises comme cadre de reference pour la recherche. Bien que les resultats montrent que les etudiants participaient a des activites d’apprentissage de demonstration et d'application, ils etaient a peine exposes a des activites d'apprentissage d'ordre superieur. Cela mene a la conclusion que la mise en œuvre d’activites pedagogiques centrees sur les problemes, accompagnees de defis souhaitables, est hautement recommandee pour favoriser l'engagement profond. Les implications et les orientations futures sont discutees.

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