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I really dislike flipped classrooms. I've found as a student that it forces you to come to grips with the most difficult parts of the material yourself, rather
by JambalayaJim 3y ago
I really dislike flipped classrooms. I've found as a student that it forces you to come to grips with the most difficult parts of the material yourself, rather than letting the professor help you get there.
Then when you actually get to lecture, there will always be some portion of students that haven't read/watched the class materials. So most of the professor's time is spent helping out those students who know nothing. Anyone who did actually struggle through the material is bored.
>The problem is that there are two different types of questions: actual course questions and infrastructrue questions. I'm happy to deal with course questions. I LOATHE dealing with infrstructure questions.
When I was doing my CS degree, the "infrastructure" type problems I faced were the worst. In fact, it was a huge discouragement for me, and actually led me to drop several courses.
I'm not sure what a solution to these things are, mind you.
- beej71 3y agoI'm semi-flipped. The students have to do the reading on their own, but I spend 20 minutes on the highlights and pain points in class. Gives a chance for some discussion. If you've already read it, great, you can bring the more access questions up. If you haven't, now you have a little bit of framing for when you do. Weekly quizzes and short answer homework goes beyond the "lecture", so the out of class work is required. Then the rest of the class is lab time to work on the project.