The Effect of the Use of the Flipped Learning Model in the Social Studies Course on the Students' Academic Success and Higher-Order Thinking Skills

Abstract

The aim of the study was to test the effect of using the flipped learning model in social studies course on students' academic achievement and higher-order thinking skills, and to determine student views on this model. Explanatory sequential design, one of the mixed research methods, was used in the research. The study group of the research consisted of 30 students studying at the 7th grade in two secondary schools affiliated to the Ministry of National Education in the Bor District of Niğde Province in Turkey. As a result of the research, it was concluded that the academic achievement and higher-order thinking skill total scores of the students in the experimental group, in which the social studies course was conducted with the flipped learning model, were statistically significant and at a higher level compared to the students in the control group. The analysis of the data obtained from the semi-structured interviews also revealed the students learned the subjects better with this model and had positive thoughts about the model in the social studies course conducted with the flipped learning model.