The document proposes a variation on the flipped classroom model where students take a more active role in preparing lesson materials and asking questions. In the variation, students are divided into teams to prepare instructional videos and activities that their peers complete as homework. In class, the teacher supports student teams and answers questions prepared by students. This allows the teacher to focus on individual support while developing student expertise and engagement through peer teaching and questioning. The approach aims to improve learning outcomes over traditional passive lectures.

1. Flip
A new twist on the classroom “Flip”

2. Table of Content
•Traditional methods of Instruction
•Learning Pyramid
•The “Flip”
•Issues with the “Flip
•A twist on the “Flip”
•Students ask questions
•Resources
•Summary
•Sources

3. Traditional Methods of Instruction
“Sage on the Stage” approach
(aka Passive Learning)
•Expert (teacher) Lectures
•Students Listen (maybe)
•Knowledge is transferred ????
•Homework assigned (and completed?)
•Tests taken
•Knowledge forgotten (20% of what is heard is remembered)

4. Learning Pyramid
Passive to Active learning
http://mathsimulationtechnology.wordpress.com/2012/02/16/active-learning-passive-teaching/

5. The “Flip”
Traditional definition of the “Flipped Classroom”
•videos take the place of direct instruction
•students get individual time in class to work with
their teacher on key learning activities
It is called the flipped class because what used to
be class work (the "lecture" is done at home via
teacher-created videos and what used to be
homework (assigned problems) is now done in
class.
http://www.thedailyriff.com/articles/the-flipped-class-conversation-689.php

6. The “Flip”
Survey Results: 67% Educators Report Flipped
Classroom Improves Test Scores
88% of educators said flipping their classroom
improved their job satisfaction
67% report improved student test scores
80% claimed improved student attitude
99% would use it again next year
http://edudemic.com/2012/06/survey-results-67-educators-report-flipped-classroom-improves-test-scores/

7. So, What is a Flipped Classroom?
Select the link below for an overview of the “Flipped
Classroom” by Missy Braden
Missy Braden's discussion of the flipped
classroom at https://vimeo.com/55631288

8. Issues with the “Flip”
Some current issues and concerns include:
• Is the technology driving the pedagogy?
• Is the teacher still relevant?
• How much time and effort is needed to prepare videos and other replacements
for lectures?
• Will the students do there homework (where knowledge transfer takes place)?
• Will students come prepared for the “hands-on” learning activity?

9. A Twist on the Flip
The Students become the teacher – they prepare
the “Flip”
•Students are divided into teams and each team is
assigned a topic
•Each team prepares the flipped material during class
•The teacher becomes the subject matter expert and works
with each team during class time to prepare the flipped
material
•Flipped Materials are deployed as “homework” for all
students to review

10. A Twist on the Flip
•After reviewing flipped materials
•Students may work on hand-on exercises (there are
now multiple experts to help – the instructor and the
group that prepared the flip)
•Students create questions during class
•Questions can be answered by other students and/or
instructor
•As incentives, there could be a contest for which team
prepare the better flip and/or which student have the best
questions

11. Students Prepare Questions
How does it work/what are the steps?
• The teacher sets the stage with goals for the question
formation technique
• Introduce rules for question development
• Provide instruction to begin the question formation
• Serve as a facilitator to help student ID open and
closed-ended questions
• Help students prioritize the questions
• Give direction for use of questions

12. Students Prepare Questions
Growth in student thought processes:
• Metacognitive
• Convergent thinking
• Divergent thinking

13. Benefits of the “Twisted Flip” and
Question Formation
By having the students prepare the flipped material teacher’s time is
freed up so they can work with individual groups and the students:
•become subject matter experts in order to teach others (peer
learning)
•learn by doing
•become active learners
By having the students prepare questions, they:
• develop critical thinking skills
• gain a better understanding

14. Resources
Technology needs Resources Available
Make videos Videos already available
• Smart phone • Premade videos
• Video camera • Khan Academy
• Point and shoot camera • Knowmia
• ipad or tablet or PC • Ted-Ed
Edit videos
• Windows Movie Maker
• Camtasia
• Apple iMovie

15. Summary
• Traditional methods are not effective (20% retention rate at best)
• One solution is to flip the class which is not just watching videos and
doing homework in school
• Adding to the flip (the twist on the flip)
• Turns the students into subject matter experts
• Frees the teachers to help the students that need help
• Takes advantage of peer learning
• Transforms the learning from passive to active
• Teaching by questioning facilitates a higher level of learning
• There are resources already available to facilitate this transformation
• It’s the pedagogy that matters – technology can facilitate the process but
it is not required
• This technique will work for K-12 through Higher Ed

16. SOURCES
Bergmann Jon, Overmyer Jerry & Wilie Brett,The Flipped Class: Myths vs.
Reality, The Daily Riff, 2012, retrieved at
http://www.thedailyriff.com/articles/the-flipped-class-conversation-689.php
Johnson, Claes, Active Learning – Passive Teaching
retrieved at
http://mathsimulationtechnology.wordpress.com/2012/02/16/active-learning-
passive-teaching/
Rothstein, Dan & Santana, Luz, Make Just One Change Teach Students to
Ask Their Own Questions Harvard Education Press, 2011
Survey Results: 67% Educators Report Flipped Classroom Improves Test
Scores retrieved at
http://edudemic.com/2012/06/survey-results-67-educators-report-flipped-
classroom-improves-test-scores