Research and Practice of Flip Classroom Based on WeChat Platform Combined with Formative Evaluation in Teaching

Xianjiu Liao,Suoyi Huang,Qianli Tang,Yan Li,Qichuan Huang

doi:10.4236/ce.2020.118113

Abstract

Objective: This paper constructs a joint teaching mode based on the WeChat flip class and formative evaluation, which is applied in the teaching of Analytical Chemistry, and explores its teaching effect. Methods: We adopted the new teaching mode with the students of Pharmacy in our university as the teaching objects, and then investigated on the learning effect and experience of the teaching objects via questionnaire after the teaching. Results: The research objects were satisfied with the learning effect and experience brought about by the new teaching mode, indicating that the teaching effect was good. Conclusion: The teaching mode based on WeChat flip classroom and formative evaluation can construct a relatively fair evaluation system, trigger students’ interest in learning, promote their independent learning, effectively overcome their weariness of analytical chemistry, and effectively improve the teaching effect of analytical chemistry, which is worthy of continuous optimization and promotion in teaching.

Highlights

Analytical chemistry is indispensable for such operations in medicine and health as clinical test and diagnosis, pathological mechanism research and drug quality control
The teaching mode based on WeChat flip classroom and formative evaluation can construct a relatively fair evaluation system, trigger students’ interest in learning, promote their independent learning, effectively overcome their weariness of analytical chemistry, and effectively improve the teaching effect of analytical chemistry, which is worthy of continuous optimization and promotion in teaching
According to the questionnaire on the students’ learning experience as shown in Table 1, their average satisfaction rate regarding the teaching mode based on WeChat flip class and formative evaluation is as high as 93.21%, with the most concentrated scoring range at “very satisfied”, accounting for 46.71% on average; following the “very satisfied” is “satisfied”, accounting for 46.50% on average; since there were few students who were “unsatisfied” or “very disappointed”, the remaining scoring ranges basically fell into the general ranges

Summary

Introduction

Analytical chemistry is indispensable for such operations in medicine and health as clinical test and diagnosis, pathological mechanism research and drug quality control. The short-cycle course students in Youjiang Medical University for Nationalities are mostly from the remote minority areas in West China, whose entrance scores are relatively poorer with a weak knowledge reserve in chemistry. Some of them did not even choose chemistry as a college entrance examination subject; their knowledge reserve in chemistry was pretty weak as a whole. The above-mentioned factors led to a fact that the short-cycle course students as the research objects took analytical chemistry as a difficult subject to master. Creating a pleasant learning atmosphere was thought to be an effective way to eliminate their weariness for the subject

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