Specialists in everything...
Wow! I have just stumbled across a specialist in The Flipped Classroom. What is our world coming to? A whole website and consulting service dedicated entirely to this ONE model of teaching. It seems now that perhaps it is better to be a master of 'one', rather than the former 'jack of all trades'.
The website I found was http://barbihoneycutt.com/. She has some great information available on flipping the college classroom.
One of my favorite strategies on her website is to unplug the flipped strategy. One of her strategies is:
"Strategy: How Confident Are You?This is a great strategy to try before a quiz or exam to help students analyze which concepts they are struggling with before they are tested on the material. It probably works best with a smaller class since students will be moving around.Start by drawing a line across the chalkboard or whiteboard and label one end “not confident” and the other end “very confident.” Like this:Not Confident_______________________________________Very ConfidentThen give each student a sticky note. Ask a quiz question and then give students a few seconds to think about it. Then, ask them to come up to the board and place their sticky note on the line to indicate how confident they are that they know the answer to the question. If they are “very confident” then it means they could get the question 100% correct on an exam. Once all students have completed the task, step back and analyze the results together. Where are the trends? Where are the outliers? This is a great way to see where you and your students need to spend more time before an exam. It’s also a way to determine what to FLIP!
Bonus ideas: If you want this to be anonymous, then ask students to leave their sticky note blank. If you’d like to know who placed their sticky note on the line, then ask them to write their first and last name on the note. Depending on the size of your class, you could do this activity with individual students or with group representatives. There are pros and cons to all of these formats, so you’ll have to experiment and choose the one that works best for you and your students!"
This is a really great idea and I am eager to integrate this into my class. It will aid in seeing where I need to focus more time and attention to, and to know as an instructor if it is simply an individual issue where one student is perhaps not 'grasping' the concept, or if it is a classroom issue where perhaps we need to chunk the information more, re-explain the teaching in another manner, or simply to self-reflect on my delivery method, in an effort to determine where I may not have provided enough clarification on the material.
Resources:
Honeycutt, B. (2016). FLIP Your Class with Sticky Notes! 3 Unplugged Flipped Strategies. Retrieved from http://barbihoneycutt.com/flip-class-sticky-notes-3-unplugged-flipped-strategies
