Flipping The Classroom: A Step Forward towards Understand its Impact on Students’ Learning Satisfaction

Abstract

The latest technology development has brought various changes to the education world to replace the traditional method in teaching and learning. The Flipped Learning model is one of the approaches which utilises technology and it has become popular for teaching and learning. This study aimed to assess the effects of the Flipped Classroom on students’ academic achievement and learning satisfaction in the history subject. The study was conducted on Primary 5 students. Two groups of Primary Five students with the same ability had been chosen and placed in the control group which used the usual method of learning the history subject. As for the treatment group, this involved 30 students who learned history using the flipped classroom method. This study utilized the quasi-experimental design. The study instruments comprised one set of topical questions for the pre-test and post-test and the questionnaire to assess the students’ satisfaction level in learning history. The paired t-test was used in this study to answer all the research questions. The findings showed that the usage of the Flipped Classroom gave a positive effect to the students’ learning satisfaction. The students who studied using the Flipped Classroom had a high mean of satisfaction level compared to students who studied using the usual method. It could be concluded that flexible learning, usage of learning materials with various formats, an active learning environment, students having the opportunity to activate their existing knowledge before the class started, teacher guided self-learning and organized and planned implementation of activities had given a positive effect towards the students’ satisfaction level in learning history; in turn this affected the students’ academic achievement.