Effects of Flipped Classroom Instruction: Evidence from a Randomized Trial

Elizabeth Setren (), Kyle Greenberg, Oliver Moore () and Michael Yankovich ()
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Elizabeth Setren: Department of Economics Tufts University Medford, MA 02155
Oliver Moore: Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Programming Army G-8, Headquarters Department of the Army Washington, DC 20310
Michael Yankovich: Department of Mathematical Sciences United States Military Academy West Point, NY 10996

Education Finance and Policy, 2021, vol. 16, issue 3, 363-387

Abstract: In a flipped classroom, an increasingly popular pedagogical model, students view a video lecture at home and work on exercises with the instructor during class time. Advocates of the flipped classroom claim the practice not only improves student achievement but also ameliorates the achievement gap. We conduct a randomized controlled trial at West Point and find the flipped classroom produced short-term gains in math and no effect in economics. The flipped model broadened the achievement gap: Effects are driven by white, male, and higher-achieving students. We find no long-term average effects on student learning but the widened achievement gap persists. Our findings demonstrate feasibility for the flipped classroom to induce short-term gains in student learning; however, the exacerbation of the achievement gap, the effect fade-out, and the null effects in economics, suggest that educators should exercise caution when considering the model.

Date: 2021
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