Flipped Learning Instructional Model: Perceptions of Video
Delivery to Support Engagement in Eighth Grade Math
Educational Importance
Throughout this research the underlying factor that supported so much of the individual
comments and perceptions was building student engagement. The flipped learning instructional
model is only one method among a boundless number of technology resources that are impacting
the way students want to learn. Listening to the level of excitement when students shared their
stories about how the instructional videos influenced their learning offered a glimpse of what the
future of education may hold if educators open their minds to the possibilities. The researcher
found that students who participated in the flipped learning instructional model felt more
confident, more focused, and more interested in learning. That alone gives reason to explore
these innovative methods of teaching.
All participants expressed the positive benefits of not only providing instruction outside
of the classroom that could be taught any place, any time, and as often as needed, but the
approach also aided teacher facilitation and student collaboration in class. Such overwhelming
affirmation of an instructional strategy at least merits the need to further explore this dynamic
learning approach for students.
One challenge for integrating the flipped learning instructional model was to convince
educators that this method of teaching has great potential and should be explored with an open
mind as it causes a fundamental change in the way educators teach and think about student
learning. Technology has created a seismic shift in the way that students learn, increasing their
level of flexibility, adaptability, and creative thinking to a level that is unprecedented. Flipped
learning using videos as a key instructional component is just a small step in the revolution of
technology learning. However, it is the first of many new doors that are opening, which the
researcher believes educators have a responsibility to pass.
Findings from a Dissertation Research
Presented to
The Faculty of the College of Graduate Studies
Lamar University