{"id":6192,"date":"2018-05-04T09:46:29","date_gmt":"2018-05-04T13:46:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.elearninginside.com\/?p=6192"},"modified":"2020-02-11T18:43:18","modified_gmt":"2020-02-11T23:43:18","slug":"flipped-learning-works-bergmann-smith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.elearninginside.com\/flipped-learning-works-bergmann-smith\/","title":{"rendered":"“There’s No Question that Flipped Learning Works.” Jon Bergmann and Errol St. Clair Smith Respond to Recent Research."},"content":{"rendered":"

A study<\/a>\u00a0on flipped learning conducted by a team from the Columbia\u2019s Mailman School of Public Health was published last month in BioMed Central Medical Education. It made a splash for a singular reason: the researchers did not observe any positive testing results in the flipped classroom. <\/span><\/p>\n

As the authors write, \u201cObjective measures of student performance in our introductory epidemiology class and subjective course evaluations were similar when we compared the flipped classroom model offered in 2016 to the traditional model offered in 2015.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The results were surprising because, in terms of new pedagogy, flipped learning is backed up and supported by a huge body of research.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIf it bleeds it leads,\u201d said Errol St. Clair Smith, Director of Global Development at the Flipped Learning Global Initiative (FLGI). Smith also happens to be a former journalist with a couple Emmys under his belt. \u201cWhen something becomes extremely successful from a media perspective, you\u2019re always looking for the next angle. So, the opposing attitude is always the thing to write about, even if it isn\u2019t prevailing or dominant. A story about FL doing well\u2014I\u2019m not sure that\u2019s even news at this point.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Flipped Learning Research Is Conclusive<\/h1>\n

Jon Bergmann, one of the pioneers of flipped learning and Chief Academic Officer of the FLGI, puts together a monthly article summarizing recent research on the subject. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI looked at 63 research articles this past month,\u201d Bergmann said. \u201cAll 63 showed some positive aspects. And the one that got all the press\u2014which kind of bothered me\u2014was the one that showed there were no positive gains with test scores. It was intriguing to me that they picked that one versus the other 62.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

It should be noted that similar studies conducted at the University of Saskatchewan and in an Environmental and Occupational Health course<\/a> came to similar results, finding no statistical benefits in test scores.<\/span><\/p>\n