Abstract:

Students do not enjoy classes where they are mere spectators, passive receptors of someone´s knowledge. It is necessary to catch their attention to make learning happen when teaching. To do this, the way of teaching must be faced different, considering the students´ preferences and their different styles of learning. Active learning must be considered.

Flipping the class is a strategy of active learning that gives an opportunity to change the way of teaching. This methodology involves carrying out of the classroom the traditional lecture to give place in that space of time to an active learning, centered on the student, with discussions, simulations and experiences. A way to do this, catching the attention of students, is use videos to be watched as homework, before class, and design activities for the classroom where the students really participate, being the latter the primordial objective.
Assessment is a very important part of the teaching, and must be taken into account since the beginning. Continuous assessment helps students to improve gradually their learning, achieving better results at the end.

This paper presents the experience carried out in 2018 in a Numerical Analysis course of Industrial Engineering at Facultad Regional San Nicolás from the Universidad Tecnológica Nacional of Argentina. Flipped classroom was the strategy chosen, and continuous assessment was implemented on the course. The results obtained were satisfactory, and it is planned to apply this strategy next year, with improvements based on this experience.

Keywords:

Active learning, flipped classroom, continuous assessment.