How do the cognitive processes show up in the flipped classroom? See the table below. 

Cognitive
Processes
Flipped
Classroom Elements
Attention to Essential Structures and Features

  • Video lecture and worked examples. (homework)
  • In class mini-lecture

  • Activities

Spaced Repetition

  • (Intro) Online video lecture. 
  • (Repeat) Pre-class quiz

  • (Repeat) In class mini lecture (Repeat) In class active learning.

Successful, Effortful Retrieval from Long-Term Memory

  • In class active learning.

  • Assignments, projects, tests and exams.

 Design your Flipped Classroom for Learning

 Let’s turn this table around to start with the elements of the flipped classroom so you can think about how you might include these cognitive processes in each element of the flipped classroom.

Flipped Classroom ElementsCognitive Learning Processes
Video lectures and worked examples
– Attention to Essential Structures and Features​
– Spaced Repetition
Pre-class quiz
– Attention to Essential Structures and Features​
– Spaced Repetition​
– Successful, Effortful Retrieval from Long Term Memory​
In class mini-lecture ​
(e.g., recap and clarify)
– Attention to Essential Structures and Features​
– Spaced Repetition
In class active learning ​
(e.g., problem solving, discussion)
– Attention to Essential Structures and Features​
– Spaced Repetition​
– Successful, Effortful Retrieval from Long Term Memory​
Assignments, projects, tests and exams– Attention to Essential Structures and Features​
– Spaced Repetition​
– Successful, Effortful Retrieval from Long Term Memory​