{"id":2341,"date":"2011-10-21T11:38:07","date_gmt":"2011-10-21T16:38:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/social.plymouth.k12.in.us\/perspective\/?p=2341"},"modified":"2014-04-07T07:16:16","modified_gmt":"2014-04-07T12:16:16","slug":"math-classes-get-flipped","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/social.plymouth.k12.in.us\/perspective\/?p=2341","title":{"rendered":"Math Classes Get Flipped"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By Jack Bowen<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This  year, the math department has adopted a new teaching style called Flip  Instruction. \u00a0In this method, students will be taught at home and helped  during class.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nFlip  instruction is a popular teaching style used among teachers in \u201cnew  tech\u201d schools. \u00a0As teachers try to take advantage of the technology that  is readily available to themselves and their students, they have  started teaching while their students are at home. \u00a0Math teacher Mr.  Earl Boyer explains that Flip Instruction is when \u201cstudents view  instruction at home and then complete the homework in class.\u201d \u00a0Many of  the math teachers agree that Flip Instruction helps students work at  their own pace. \u00a0Junior Morgan O\u2019Neil says that it really helps because  \u201cyou can pause and rewind notes to go at your own speed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Many  students around PHS are enjoying the new learning style in the math  classes. \u00a0Sophomore Jeannie Spear says she enjoys the flip instruction  because it \u201chelps you through the problem and you get more of a one on  one teaching.\u201d \u00a0Since the lectures are now online, the students believe  that the videos help when studying for a chapter test or just reviewing  what they may have forgotten. \u00a0Math teacher Mrs. Michele Holloway says  that another great advantage to this teaching method is that \u201cstudents  who are absent get the same exact lesson.\u201d \u00a0This way, students don\u2019t  fall behind if they get ill on a day of a very difficult lesson.<\/p>\n<p>Although  easier for students, the Flip Instruction puts a lot of work on the  teachers. \u00a0Math teacher Mr. Michael Delp says, \u201cI am making a video  lesson almost every night for Algebra II. \u00a0It takes at least one hour  and probably closer to two hours a night to prepare the videos.\u201d \u00a0The  math teachers spend countless hours of their time preparing videos. \u00a0Mr.  Boyer says \u201cthere are many evenings where you will still find math  teachers here at five or six at night or even later.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As  the math department begins to show the benefits of this learning style,  some students would like to learn like this in a class other than math.  \u00a0Spear states that she would definitely like to see her Spanish class  use flip instructions.<br \/>\n<embed width=\"561\" height=\"498\" 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