A large lecture based introductory General Chemistry II course at Florida International University  (FIU), a Hispanic serving institution, was redesigned as a fully inverted classroom. Students were expected to read, watch online lectures and complete online Learnsmart assessments to prepare for class. During class, students worked in groups on POGIL (Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning) style worksheets, facilitated by the instructor and trained undergraduates.  Clickers and online Connect quizzes were used to assess learning during and after class respectively.  Impact on student learning was measured by comparing the inverted class’ performance on a common exam to that of other traditionally taught lecture sections during the same semester and to same class taught by the instructor in previous semesters using a traditional approach. Preliminary results indicate an increase in class averages for the flipped class with a rise in As, Bs and Cs and a concomitant decrease in Ds and Fs.

Exploring an inverted classroom model in General Chemistry II using POGIL style activities and undergraduate Learning Assistants

249th National Meeting (2015)

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