Session:
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Flipped Classrooms B
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Paper Type:
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Contributed
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Title:
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Flipping General Physics: First Experience and Lessons Learned
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Meeting:
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2016 Winter Meeting: New Orleans, Louisiana |
Location:
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N/A |
Date:
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Time:
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4:40PM
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Author:
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George E. Matthews, Wake Forest University
336-758-5340, matthews@wfu.edu
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Co-Author(s):
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None
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Abstract:
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My first experience in flipping a first year calculus-based general physics class showed good learning outcomes but yielded important lessons for future success. Class time included little planned lecture, with nearly all content delivery happening via lecture videos viewed before class. Class time was dedicated to active learning, alternating between ConcepTests and small group problem solving. What brief in-class lecture did occur was prompted by gaps in understanding uncovered during small group problem solving. Critical success factors: communicate reasons for flipping; quiz students on lecture video content; provide each small group with its own whiteboard; choose in-class problems with great care. Students reported little concern over the modest production quality of lecture videos. Students overwhelmingly reported that they would advise other science faculty to flip their classes. For additional information, see http://users.wfu.edu/matthews/teaching/aapt2016/.
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Footnotes:
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None
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Presentation:
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FirstFlip-AAPT2016-final-submitted.pdf
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