Flipped Classroom FIN101 Business Finance

I adopted the proven flipped classroom practice and experimented a partially flipped classroom in FIN101 Business Finance class in Spring 2016. Flipped classroom is one of the new high impact practices that can help increase student engagement and improve academic success. In my partially flipped classroom, students first study class material on their own before coming to class. They are asked to complete a before-class homework that helps them read the text and understand the main concepts. Students then come to the 1st class when the instructor will explain and elaborate in details the key learning points . After the 1st class, students review the class material and practice assigned problems using adaptive learning tools and online homework with algorithm that allows them unlimited attempts and repetition to practice. When students come to the 2nd class, they take a class quiz that reinforces the major learning points with reviews and discussions of the quiz problems right afterwards. They then break into small groups and have the in-class homework time when they have the opportunity to ask and get help on individualized questions. Students also have an after-class homework that consists of calculation work problems of the entire learning module, due before the module review class where they have another chance to review all related topics and understand how they work together before taking the module exam. Instructor and student teaching assistants are available both in-person and online throughout the process.