A flipped classroom is one innovative way to break out from the traditional learning environment. It has been gaining the attention of educators who are struggling to keep their classrooms active and engaging. Although its theory makes sense to spend time on engaging activities during the class instead of passive lecturing, many teachers fear the lack of the students’ preparation, resulting in being forced to have both lecture and activities in class within the limited time. In addition, although teachers believe that students would enjoy active participation in the class, there is a possibility that the students might prefer the traditional lecture style classroom after all. In this study, the responses to a flipped classroom model was surveyed with a questionnaire, and the model of the flipped classroom was analyzed from the students’ points of view. As a consequence, although many students preferred the flipped classroom model, they encountered difficulties with the pre-writing quiz that they were supposed to take as the preparation for the class. Therefore, the responses suggest that careful preparation for the pre-class assignment is an essential part of a successful flipped classroom implementation.
Maki Terauchi (Fri,) studied this question.