Investigating the Effect of Flipped Classroom and Jigsaw Method on Students' Learning and Academic Engagement

The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of flipped classroom with Jigsaw method on students' learning and academic engagement of seventh grade students in Persian literature course. The method of the present study was experimental and the educational operation was performed in three experimental groups (1- The combination of flipped classroom and jigsaw 2- flipped classroom 3- jigsaw method) and the usual method in the control group for eight sessions. The statistical population of the study was all seventh-grade students of the first secondary school in Karaj, in the academic year of 2020-21. From the statistical population, 100 students were selected voluntarily by available sampling method and randomly assigned to the groups. The research instruments were Zarang Academic Involvement Questionnaire (2012) and researcher-made learning test. ANCOVA, ANOVA and MANCOVA tests were used to analyze the data. The results of the analysis showed that the combination of flipped classroom and jigsaw was effective in promoting learning (sig=0.012) and academic engagement (sig=0.001). The flipped classroom method was not effective in students' learning (sig=0.894) and academic engagement (sig = 0.970). Jigsaw method, not effective in promoting learning (sig = 0.783), but was able to significantly engage learners in educational activities (sig = 0.001).