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Sustainable learning, cognitive gains, and improved attitudes in College Algebra flipped classrooms

N. Karjanto·M. J. Acelajado
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The objective of this article is to investigate the effect of active-learning pedagogy on learners' academic achievement and their attitude toward mathematics using both quantitative and qualitative methods. We cultivated sustainable learning in mathematics education for college freshmen ($n = 55$) by exposing them to both the conventional teaching method (CTM) and flipped classroom pedagogy (FCP). By splitting them into control and experimental groups alternately ($n_1 = 24$, $n_2 = 31$) and by selecting the four most challenging topics in college algebra, we measured their cognitive gains quantitatively via a sequence of pre- and post-tests. Both groups improved academically over time across all these four topics with statistically very significant outcomes $(p < 0.001)$. Although they were not always statistically significant ($p > 0.05$) in some topics, the post-test results suggest that generally, the FCP trumps the CTM in cognitive gains, except for the first topic on factorization, where the opposite is true with a very statistically significant mean difference $(p < 0.001)$. By examining non-cognitive gains qualitatively, we analyzed the students' feedback on the FCP and their responses to a perception inventory. The finding suggests a favorable response toward the FCP with primary improvements in the attitudes toward mathematics and increased levels of cooperation among students. Since these students are so happy to have control of their own learning, they were more relaxed, motivated, confident, active, and responsible in learning under the FCP. We are confident that although this study is relatively small in scale, it will yield incremental and long-lasting effects not only for the learners themselves but also for other role-takers in education sectors who aspire in nurturing sustainable long-life learning and achieving sustainable development goals successfully.

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N. Karjanto, M. J. Acelajado. 2022-10-28. Sustainable learning, cognitive gains, and improved attitudes in College Algebra flipped classrooms. https://doi.org/10.3390/su141912500

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