Njål Foldnes

Bi Norwegian Business School, Department of Economics, Faculty Member

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Kjetil Haugen

Molde University College

Jacqueline Bloemhof

Wageningen University

Charles Vincent

Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru

Roussos Dimitrakopoulos

McGill University

Harry Cleaver

The University of Texas at Austin

Mohsen Nazari

University of Tehran

Shabib H . Syed

University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan

Michael Morin

Université Laval

S.M.J. Mirzapour Al-E-Hashem

ESC RENNES SCHOOL OF BUSINESS

ELCHİN SULEYMANOV

Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences

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A qualitative investigation of student engagement in a flipped classroom

Teaching in Higher Education, Sep 18, 2017

ABSTRACT The flipped classroom is gaining acceptance in higher education as an alternative to mor... more ABSTRACT The flipped classroom is gaining acceptance in higher education as an alternative to more traditional methods of teaching. In the current study, twelve students in a Norwegian higher education institution were in-depth interviewed about their learning experiences in a two-semester long mathematics course. The first semester was taught using flipped classroom and the second semester using lectures, where both teaching modes contained a substantial amount of active learning. Overall, students report a more positive learning experience and higher engagement in the flipped classroom. The analysis revealed seven categories that the students highlight as especially conducive to their learning; commitment to peers, being recognized, feeling safe, instructor relationship, physical learning environment, learning with peers and using videos to learn new content. The results indicate that the affective dimension of student engagement is particularly prominent when students reflect upon learning in the flipped classroom.

discnorm: Test for Discretized Normality in Ordinal Data

The risks remain unknown for social media use and adolescent well-being

Social media use is today the dominant form of communication for young people. Observational stud... more Social media use is today the dominant form of communication for young people. Observational studies have reported near-zero associations between social media use and adolescent mental health. The research design used in these studies is tabulated and grouped as cross-sectional, longitudinal, between-country, and meta studies. Such observational studies, some of which have been highly influential, cannot address the critical question of whether we should regulate social media use. We argue that a potential negative causal effect of social media use on well-being may be masked by confounders and model misspecification, so that the observed association does not reflect the causal link. We discuss the social "cost of missing out" as one such confounder. Largescale partially controlled experiments are discussed as a promising alternative way forward in deciding whether regulating young people's social media use is warranted. However, in light of the difficulty of estimating causal connections from data, social media use remains an unknown risk factor for adolescent well-being, warranting caution and regulatory measures.

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