CHANG, HUISHAN
Asia University Department of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Assistant
E-mail: sandychang0217@asia.edu.tw
Abstract
The “Rationales and Use of Hearing Devices” appears disconnected from real-world experiences for students. Traditional teaching methods may hinder students’ ability to understand and apply content in clinical settings. Flipped teaching offers students the chance to improve learning outcomes. However, the challenge of flipped teaching is that students grasp the content thoroughly before class which impacting their performance in class. Hence, this study aimed to investigate whether flipped teaching using Key Point or Watch-Summary-Question (WSQ) learning sheets could boost students’ learning outcomes and clinical skills. This study involved 17 students at a university in Taichung, Taiwan. 6 students used the WSQ learning sheets as the experimental group, while 11 students used Key Point learning sheets as the control group. Pre-test of learning outcomes and clinical skills was conducted in the 11th week of the semester, followed by flipped teaching from the 12th to 16th weeks. Students were required to watch the video and complete the learning sheets before class and engage in group discussions to solve clinical practice questions during class. Post-tests were administered in the 17th week. Although ANCOVA could eliminate potential errors, the Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney test was chosen to compare learning outcomes and clinical skills between the two groups. Results revealed that students using Key Point sheets performed significantly better in learning outcomes compared to WSQ users (p < 0.05). However, no significant difference in clinical skills was observed between the groups. In conclusion, employing Key Point learning sheets in flipped teaching for the “Rationales and Use of Hearing Devices” course could enhance learning outcomes. Future studies should involve larger sample sizes to comprehensively assess the impact of flipped teaching and learning sheets on both learning outcomes and clinical skills.