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Essay On Flipped Classrooms

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Abstract Flipped classrooms reverse the role of traditional teaching where in students gain exposure through learning material like videos, power point presentations and notes outside classroom and the class time is utilised for problem solving and discussions in order to master the concepts. Flipped classrooms encourage students to learn at their own pace releasing frustrations and undue burden on students to pace up. Those students who have to miss some classes do not lose the course content. It provides opportunity for active interactions among students outside class via an online course website , facilitates social learning and is successful in providing timely, accurate feedback required by instructor to keep track of class progress and render required help to students. The intellectually drilled-down personalised feedback reports of tests helps in identification of the weaker areas or concepts …show more content…

Flipped Classroom is a newer and well –known established strategy. Woodland Park High School chemistry teachers Jonathan Bergmann and Aaron Sams are considered as driving forces in flipped teaching at the high school level. In 2007, they recorded their lectures and posted them online in order to accommodate students who missed their classes[1]. In 2011 educators in Michigan's Clintondale High School flipped every classroom After 20 weeks, students in the flipped classroom were outperforming students in the traditional classrooms. Further, no students in the flipped classrooms scored lower than a C+. [1]The upcoming of Khan Academy brought flipped classroom into

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