Title
Examining the Effects of Employing Various Multimedia Tools in a Flipped Classroom on Pre-Service Teachers’ Self Efficacy and Knowledge Application Abilities
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Date
2015
Department
Teaching & Educational Leadership
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of employing various multimedia tools in a flipped classroom on pre-service teachers’ self-efficacy and knowledge application abilities. The investigators employed a within-subject design with an independent variable: the flipped classroom or lecture-based instructional model and two dependent variables: (1) knowledge application of various multimedia tools and (2) students’ perception of self-efficacy. The study participants included 36 senior-level elementary education majors from a medium-sized Mid-western university. The study results showed that there were indeed differences between students’ mean test scores and self-efficacy scores and that the differences were statistically significant in the flipped classroom model as compared to the traditional classroom model. The main conclusion that emerged from the researchers’ interpretation of the study’s findings and their conclusions regarding the relationships to the literature...
First Page
971
Last Page
977
Publication Title
Proceedings of EdMedia 2015--World Conference on Educational Media and Technology
Publisher
Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE)
ISBN
9781939797162
Recommended Citation
Watts, A. & Ibrahim, M. (2015). Examining the Effects of Employing Various Multimedia Tools in a Flipped Classroom on Pre-Service Teachers’ Self Efficacy and Knowledge Application Abilities. In S. Carliner, C. Fulford & N. Ostashewski (Eds.), Proceedings of EdMedia 2015--World Conference on Educational Media and Technology (pp. 971-977). Montreal, Quebec, Canada: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE).