Student perceptions towards the flipped classroom approach
In this study, the students generally strongly agreed and agreed with using the flipped classroom approach, and more than 80% of the group (A) students were satisfied with using flipped classroom because they had participated well in-class activities, feel more motivated, and had good interaction with classmate and teacher. Moreover, the students’ qualitative comments that the majority of students perceived that FCM gives them greater opportunities to do activities in class to the best of their abilities. Further, no one of the participants strongly disagrees or even disagreed about the use of FCM. This result agrees with Morgan et al hence most of their study subjects consider FCM as an effective learning tool and are satisfied by using it [However, Zhao et al reported that about half of the participants preferred to use FCM while another half did not [In the present study, the comments given by the students can be considered because these comments reflect their acceptance of this flipped class method. Most of the students commented positively since they participated well in-class activities, feel more motivated, and had good interaction with classmates and teachers. Moreover, greater opportunities to do activities in the class were available to the students when using FCM. Therefore, about half of the students completed their application exercises to the best of their ability as well as completed and collaborated in the discussion with their colleagues. That result agrees with an Indian study that used FCM in anatomy topics and reported that 80 % of students' perception was agreeing to use FCM because they had an opportunity to interact and communicate with their instructors and peers in class and be more engaged by this new method. Also in the same study, the use of Audiovisual help in an effective learning process, and more than 50% of medical students were strongly agreed and interested in using lecture videos as we used in this study [In summary, the results of this study indicate that majority of the students favored the flipped classroom approach over the traditional classroom approach. Besides, the flipped classroom approach was more effective than the traditional classroom in increasing student learning performance and attitude despite the negative impact of the flipped classroom approach on students’ academic achievement.