Flipping Principles of Macroeconomics

I am redesigning the course as a hybrid-flipped course. As part of this redesign I am also testing whether or not the new pedagogy produces a statistically significant difference in student learning outcomes as measured by grades and DFW rates. In the fall semester 2014 I am teaching the course in a conventional way - lecture format. In the spring semester 2015 I am teaching the first third of the course as a flipped course - I am providing (self produced) videos of the first third of lectures and then meeting periodically with the students for more intensive and interactive learning experiences, emphasizing problem solving and some experiments. To determine the effectiveness of the hybrid-flipped pedagogy I am conducting a survey in each semester to identify, measure and control for any confounding variables.