The flipped classroom teaching style has recently seen an upward trajectory of use across many colleges and universities in the classroom. Laboratories, by nature, are interactive for the students, but pre-laboratory material is still frequently presented using the typical lecture method. This experiment was designed to specifically test the impact of the flipped classroom approach toward the pre-laboratory lecture on the success rates of students in the College Chemistry II laboratory. Pre-laboratory videos, included in the online EdPuzzle program and embedded with interactive questions, were tested to determine the students’ ability to retain information and perform laboratory techniques at a higher quality as determined by an overall increase in laboratory grade. The control group for the experiment were previous College Chemistry II classes that did not receive the videos, whereas the test group received the videos. The research presented will show the impact of the required EdPuzzle pre-laboratory videos on overall lab grade, compared to the previous years with no access to any pre-laboratory videos.

Effect of laboratory videos on student performance in College Chemistry II

2019 Spring National Meeting

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