Documentation:Flipped Classroom Classroom Activities

This page includes resources that support activities and approaches using in the face-to-face classroom in the context of the flipped classroom.

Team-Based Learning

• Team-Based Learning: A Transformative Use of Small Groups in College Teaching. Edited by Larry K. Michaelsen, Arletta Bauman Knight and L. Dee Fink. (2002)

Comprehensive guide to Team-based learning

• Introduction to Team-Based Learning from the University of Texas at Austin (Video) Larry K. Michaelsen

Video introductions to all aspects of implimenting Team-Based learning in the classroom.

• Team-based Learning.Org

Team-Based Learning Collaborative, website includes guides, contacts and resources

• I Don't Like this One Bit: Tales from the Flipped Classroom, Faculty Focus

Description of the flipped classroom in a History class. Describes the role of team-based learning as a replacement to traditional lectures.

Problem-based Learning

• University of Delaware Guide to Problem-Based Learning

Links to articles, books, conferences, sample PBL problems, sample courses and syllabi, and other PBL sites.

• Kek, M. Y. C. A., & Huijser, H. (2011). The power of problem-based learning in developing critical thinking skills: Preparing students for tomorrow's digital futures in today's classrooms. Higher Education Research and Development, 30(3), 329-341.

This article describes problem‐based learning as a powerful pedagogical approach and an aligned teaching and learning system to explicitly and directly teach critical thinking skills in a broad range of disciplines.

• Rossiter, D., Petrulis, R., & Biggs, C. A. (2010). A blended approach to problem-based learning in the freshman year. Chemical Engineering Education, 44(1), 23-29.

Active Learning

• Millis, Barbara J. Active Learning in the Face-to-Face Classroom, Idea Paper 53 • The University of Texas at San Antonio

This article explores the research, defines active learning, discusses its value, offers suggestions for implementing it, and provides six concrete examples of active learning approaches

Peer Instruction

• Crouch C., Mazur, E. (2000) Peer Instruction: 10 years of experience and results. Department of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138

This study describes the PI approach used by Mazur and Crouch and provides 10-years of research on student satisfaction and learning gains measures with a forced concept inventory.

Clickers

• Caldwell, J.E. (2007). Clickers in the large classroom: Current research and best-practice tips. Life Sciences Education, 6(1), 9-20.

This article includes a set of guidelines for effective use of clickers in large classes and and examples and suggestions for creating effective clicker questions.

• CWSEI, Clicker Guide

Comprehensive guide that describes reasons for using clickers, case-studies, and best practices for using in the classroom.

• Bruff, D. (2010). Multiple-choice questions you wouldn’t put on a test: Promoting deep learning using clickers. Essays on Teaching Excellence, 21(3).