The Effect of the Flipped Classroom Strategy on Eleventh Grade Students’ Understanding of Physics and Their Attitudes Towards Physics in Tonnb Secondary School in the UAE

Abstract

This study investigated the impact of employing the flipped classroom strategy in teaching “Laws of Motion“on eleventh grade students’ understanding of physics concepts and their attitudes towards physics. A total of 59 grade eleven students at Tonnb secondary school in UAE participated in the study, (30 in experimental group, and 29 in control group). A pre-post scientific concepts test and attitudes towards physics scale were administrated. The results revealed that there were statistically significant differences between the study groups in favor of students in the experimental group on both study variables. The study recommended the importance of employing flipped classroom strategy in teaching scientific concepts.

Keywords: flipped classroom strategy, understanding of physics concepts, attitudes towards physics.