Flipping Advice for Beginners: What I Learned Flipping Undergraduate Mathematics and Statistics Classes

Abstract

This paper contains a description of my experiences flipping undergraduate mathematics and statistics courses for the first time with some advice for any fellow novice flippers. This paper discusses ways to start small and build up to a completely flipped class over the span of a few terms with advice on what technology to use including software and hardware.

Keywords:

• Flipping
• flipped classroom
• inverted classroom
• curriculum design
• student achievement
• student attitudes
• mathematics
• statistics
• mathematics education
• statistics education

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Craig McBride

Dr. Craig McBride earned both a Bachelor’s (1995) and a Master’s (2002) in Mathematics from the University of Colorado, Boulder. He graduated with honors in 2012 from the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville with a Ph.D. in Mathematics Education and a minor in Education Statistics and Research Methods. Since then, he has been asked to speak at several conferences regarding his research on new teacher induction programs and pedagogical techniques such as integrating technology into classrooms and flipping classrooms. He continues to conduct research in these areas as well as interdisciplinary fields such as STEM education, science education, psychology, physical therapy, and others. He has lived and taught math in California, Colorado, Massachusetts, Oregon, Australia, Arkansas, Germany, and Washington. Even though he has been teaching for over a decade, he still enjoys the thrill of a new course and a new group of students each term!