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 -- for both faculty and students -- than the average class.

In flipped classrooms, students watch lecture videos and read texts to prepare for class. Once they're in the classroom, they discuss the material and do exercises to apply what they know. The benefits are supposed to be increased comprehension and understanding.

But do they? In college, I had my off days when I crept into class, said nothing and hoped I could stay under the professor's radar.

Apparently, that didn't happen much at all in McCallum's flipped classroom because of one thing: Peer pressure.

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Alex Friedrich

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In my talks with St. Mary’s University of Minnesota business professor Shelly McCallum and recent graduate Erik Qvale over the benefits of a flipped classroom, I learned that it’s actually more work — for both faculty and students — than the average class. In flipped classrooms, students watch lecture videos and read texts to prepare…

Who cracks the whip in a flipped classroom?

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