Department
Biomedical Sciences; Diagnostic Sciences
Document Type
Article
Publication Title
Education Sciences
ISSN
2227-7102
Volume
11
Issue
4
DOI
10.3390/educsci11040150
First Page
150
Publication Date
4-4-2021
Abstract
Many reports in dental education showed that student learning improved with the flipped classroom method. However, there are few reports that describe how different subsets of students may benefit from the flipped classroom. In this study, we investigated how students’ preference for the flipped classroom impacted their learning outcome. We used a flipped classroom module on the physiology of the autonomic nervous system taught to year one Doctor of Dental Surgery students to test the hypothesis that students who favored the flipped classroom performed better on assessment quizzes. The module was composed of pre-class activity, out-of-class assignment, in-class discussion, and two in-class quizzes. Quiz 1 was given after students self-studied the foundational content online through the pre-class activity, and Quiz 2 was at the end of the module. Students filled out a survey to report learning experiences and preferences. Fewer students scored below 75% on Quiz 2 than on Quiz 1. Students’ self-evaluated understanding of content significantly improved after finishing the assignment and discussion compared to finishing the pre-class activity alone. Moreover, students who preferred to learn through the flipped classroom scored higher in Quiz 2. Students with higher overall grades in the course preferred the flipped classroom more than low performers. Our results indicated that students favoring the flipped classroom method spent more time on the assignment, understood the content better, and performed better on assessments than students who prefer traditional lectures.
Recommended Citation
Xiao, N.,
Thor, D.,
&
Zheng, M. S.
(2021).
Student preferences impact outcome of flipped classroom in dental education: Students favoring flipped classroom benefited more.
Education Sciences, 11(4), 150.
DOI: 10.3390/educsci11040150
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/dugoni-facarticles/738
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