By SARA K. SATULLO, The Express-Times
Mansour Farhat’s accounting students at Northampton Community College won’t find him standing up and lecturing for the entire class. In fact, in some sections of Farhat’s classes students will rarely sit through a 50-minute lecture on campus. Farhat is one of many Lehigh Valley higher educators testing the concept of a flipped classroom that inverts the traditional college teaching model of in-class lectures and homework outside of class. Farhat’s students watch lectures online before class and read the textbook. They fill out practice quizzes and post discussion questions on the online class forum. The quizzes give Farhat a glimpse of the concepts that students understand and what they’re struggling with, so he can hone in on problem areas and avoid repetition in class. If a question comes up often Farhat creates a video on the concept and posts it online.
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