Flipping Web Programming Class: Student's Perception and Performance

Abstract

Although programming is a fundamental skill that must be mastered by computer science students, there are still many students who feel inferior in learning programming. Therefore, the author attempted to apply an alternative learning method, namely the flipped method (FL) in a web programming course. This paper exposes the evaluation result of the implementation of the flipped learning in the course. This study aims to investigate the FL method's effectiveness from the students' view and the performance of students in the class. We investigate 42 students taking the course in the winter semester of 2018. We obtained data on the students' perception through an online questionnaire. Furthermore, we determined the students' performance by comparing the class average grade and success rate of the students in a traditional learning class and a flipped learning class. The students perceive that the implementation of the FL approach in the course is effective. Moreover, the results of this implementation show the improvement in the students' performance.