Student Responses to Out-of-Classroom and In-Classroom Activities in a Flipped Physics Class

Within the flipped classroom approach, out-of-classroom activities such as watching lecture videos and answering pre-class quizzes are important in delivering content to students prior to coming to class. In-classroom activities such as tutorials, problem-solving, mini-discussions, and other active-learning activities are then used to engage students dynamically. We will discuss student responses to out-of classroom and in-classroom measures that we have used in several Introductory Physics classes. These include pre-class, post-video online quizzes and a video physics project. Inside the classroom, we used problem-solving, tutorial handouts, and mini-lectures. Students were surveyed anonymously to measure student satisfaction and learning gains from pre-/post- physics diagnostic tests (FCI/CSEM) were measured. Our results show that normalized gains in diagnostic tests were significant, and that students reacted positively to online quizzes as a mechanism to validate their understanding. Students preferred in-classroom activities that maximized student participation.