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Flipped Classroom Model: Effects on Performance, Attitudes and Perceptions in High School Algebra

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In this study, we evaluated student perceptions of the flipped classroom model and its effects to students’ performance and attitudes to mathematics. A randomized controlled trial with 91 high school algebra students was conducted. The experimental group participated in a year-long intervention of the flipped classroom model while the control group followed the traditional lesson delivery. Results of the year-end evaluation of this model showed positive student perceptions. An analysis of covariance of the algebra post-test score with learning model as treatment factor and pre-test as covariate resulted in a significant treatment effect at .05 level of significance. A paired-sample t-test by treatment group to compare pre-test and post-test math attitude scores resulted in a significant decrease in the control groups’ value of mathematics while the experimental group had a significant positive change in their confidence and enjoyment of mathematics.

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  • Flipped classroom
  • Mathematics education
  • Attitudes
  • Student perceptions

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  1. Barstow High School, California, USA

    Peter Esperanza

  2. University of Dundee, Dundee, Scotland

    Khristin Fabian

  3. Chapman University, Orange, USA

    Criselda Toto

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  2. The Open University , Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

    Mike Sharples

  3. Jožef Stefan Institute , Ljubljana, Slovenia

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Esperanza, P., Fabian, K., Toto, C. (2016). Flipped Classroom Model: Effects on Performance, Attitudes and Perceptions in High School Algebra. In: Verbert, K., Sharples, M., Klobučar, T. (eds) Adaptive and Adaptable Learning. EC-TEL 2016. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 9891. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-45153-4_7

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