Eltam journal no 2 8th eltam iatefl tesol international biannual conference managing teaching and learning

3.
Data analysis
 
3.1
 Expected results
 
Before conducting my research, I hypothesized flipping the classroom would cause lecture time 
in class to decrease. I expected students would be more engaged with exercises, activities and 
projects due to increased work time in class. I strongly believed students would appreciate 
opportunities to collaborate between each other. Ultimately, I expected scores to rise in the 
flipped classroom. Therefore, I anticipated quiz and test scores from the 2
nd
Module to be 
slightly higher compared to the scores from the 1
st
Module, but did not expect them to increase 
significantly. I realized it would be difficult to tribute any positive results to one aspect of the 
flipped classroom as they could be attributed to the content being studied, to the video lectures, 
more time in class to do exercises, collaboration opportunities, or other unknown reasons.
While I imagined students would appreciate more class time to complete exercises, activities 
and projects, I anticipated mixed feelings toward learning through Tutorials. Just as some 
students prefer a physical textbook over an electronic textbook, some students may prefer face-
to-face lectures over video lectures. I was also certain that not all students would watch every 
Tutorial every time. I did expect student engagement levels during class to increase due to 
reduced lecture time. 
3.2
 Results and interpretations
To address my research questions both qualitative and quantitative data were collected. 

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Journal. Qualitative data were collected through a teacher journal which was updated daily. 
Analyzing the qualitative data aimed to address whether flipping the classroom decreased 
classroom lecture time, consequently allowing more time for students to collaborate and engage 
with the content. At the end of the flipped classroom implementation, 38 journal entries had 
been recorded. Initially when I introduced the concept of the flipped classroom, most students 
seemed willing to give the Tutorials a try. I then gave students twenty minutes to watch the first 
Tutorial in class, and at the conclusion students were generally positive. 
During the flipped classroom, I was extremely pleased with effort students put forth to complete 
the activities in class. I was also pleased with students’ willingness to collaborate with one 
another. While students regularly asked me questions, the majority of discussions happened 
between students. From my observations, 45 students regularly engaged in discussion with their 
students, while 20 worked more individually. My journal continually contained entries 
involving student engagement. Increased engagement was especially apparent in students who 
did not spend much time doing homework in the traditional setting.
While the majority of my flipped classroom journal contained positive entries, the most 
frequently re-occurring negative issue was connected to students not watching the videos. 
About 
20% of the students didn’t watch the Tutorial prior to class. But this percentage was the 
same as the number of students who didn’t complete homework in the traditional non-flipped 
classroom. In the non-flipped classroom about 10 to 12 students out of the 65 total students did 
not do the homework each night. In the flipped classroom the homework showed that on the 
first day of the implementing the flipped classroom model 19 students out of 65 students didn’t 
do the homework (watch the Tutorial prior to clas
s). The second time 17 students didn’t do the 
homework and on the third time 12 students didn’t do the homework. On the first day of the 
flipped classroom model a great deal of students did not do the homework, but each time more 
students did the homework as the flipped classroom went on. This could imply that when 
transitioning to a flipped classroom for the first time many students might not do the homework 
at first, but over time a teacher might see the levels of homework completion rise.