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House Co-Sponsorship Memoranda
House of Representatives
Session of 2015 - 2016
Regular Session
MEMORANDUM
| Posted: | February 5, 2015 09:44 AM |
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| From: | Representative Cherelle L. Parker |
| To: | All House members |
| Subject: | Re-Introduction of the Flipped Model of Education Resolution |
| In the near future, I will be reintroducing a resolution (former HR 105) to direct the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee to study the "flipped classroom model" of educational instruction as a potentially effective approach to educating students, particularly in low-performing schools. The resolution will also direct the committee to identify low-performing schools that the Pennsylvania Department of Education could invite to participate in tests of the model. The recently designed flipped model of educational instruction utilizes a flipped class structure, or reversed educational model. Instead of the teacher lecturing in the classroom and assigning homework, students watch pre-recorded videos of lectures while outside the classroom and then work on "homework" assignments in the classroom with the assistance and support of their teacher. Such videos are posted on the school's website and students are able to view them at various locations made convenient and accessible by the school, such as the school library or computer lab during extended hours. Clintondale High School, a low-income school located near Detroit, Michigan, has utilized the flipped model of educating students with rather noteworthy results. The school has reported significant decreases in student failure rates, along with considerable decreases in student disciplinary incidents. Thus, this innovative model of teaching holds great promise for improving educational and disciplinary outcomes at Pennsylvania's low-performing schools, and deserves to be studied in more depth. Indeed, the flipped model may provide a level playing field for students in all neighborhoods to better learn, achieve, and succeed, regardless of their socio-economic status. Please join me in exploring the flipped model’s potential as an effective alternative teaching method in our Commonwealth’s classrooms. Thank you for your support of this important legislation. Previous co-sponsors: AUMENT, COHEN, YOUNGBLOOD, THOMAS, ROSS, and MURT |
Introduced as HR128