The flipped learning model doesn't necessarily work in the long term, according to an experiment at West Point. Researchers at the United States Military Academy found that the use of "flipped courses ...

When astronomy lecturer Michael Faison taught the large lecture course “Planets and Stars” last spring, he became frustrated at the lack of student engagement in the class: Although one-third of the ...

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Poster presentation: View a poster (PDF) describing this project from the 2014 Symposium on Teaching and Learning Description: The flipped classroom model is a type of blended learning in which ...

The “flipped classroom” is the idea of the moment, advocated by everyone from Bill Gates to Eric Mazur, the pioneering science educator. This educational innovation is exciting and promising – but I’d ...

For nearly 20 years, computer science professor Margo I. Seltzer ’83 taught the course Computer Science 161: “Operating Systems” in a conventional lecture format. But teaching from the front of an ...

The flipped classroom model is here to stay. This model, although not a golden bullet, puts the student firmly into the educational process. Think back over the last few years that you have been ...

The past years have witnessed the apparition of one of the largest educational revolutions of our time: many prognosticators trumpet how MOOCs and flipped classroom models are one of the most ...

Go ahead and postpone the conversation about the backlash against the flipped classroom model. Supporters and skeptics alike -- and even the researchers behind a seemingly critical new report -- say ...

CS 144: “Introduction to Computer Networking” has been using a flipped classroom model since 2012. (TIFFANY ONG/The Stanford Daily) It has been several years since professors first started ...

Preliminary research at Harvey Mudd College suggests the benefits of %27flipping%27 a classroom are dubious. Two high school teachers started the %27flipped classroom ...

"If you were to step into one of my classrooms, you'd think I was teaching a kindergarten class, not a physics class," laughs Harvard University (MA) professor Eric Mazur. "Not because the students ...