Introduction and Analysis of Flipped Classroom for First-Year Students at an Institute of Technology

This paper reports the implementation of the “Flipped Classroom” in the class about chemistry to solve the problems of conventional classes. The implementation was carried out by active learning based on the knowledge gained by watching video materials as preparation for a lecture. The effects and the results of these practices are evaluated through questionnaire survey among the 161 students who participated in the “Flipped Classroom”. The percentage of positive evaluations in terms of satisfaction towards the classes increased after the “Flipped Classroom” is introduced. These results showed that the “Flipped Classroom” explored in this study has certain benefits, such as helping the students to increase their motivation to learn, to be accustomed to the learning, and to increase their learning time outside the class.