Nursing students’ perceptions regarding flipped classroom teaching methods: A cross-sectional survey

Background: The flipped classroom is an innovative teaching approach that fosters active learning with the engagement?of students in nursing education. Day and residential students’ experiences of this approach, however?appear to be mixed and in need of further research. Objective: The?purposes of the present study were to investigate nursing students' perceptions of and satisfaction with flipped classroom instruction, and to explore the relationships between these two dimensions. Tools: There were two instruments used: Basic Data?Structured Questionnaire to collect students’ demographic and academic information, and the Questionnaire on Students' Perceptions on Flipped Classrooms to measure satisfaction and perceptions. Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive study was performed?among 306 nursing students of Riyadh Elm University. Data were gathered from a survey that solicited background characteristics of students, as well as?students’ satisfaction and perceptions of the flipped classroom. Results: 58.1% of the students indicated a high level, 31.4% moderate level of?satisfaction with the flipped classroom. More than 70.6% of students showed high perceptions?towards the flipped classroom as an excellent teaching method. There was significantly a relationship between students’ satisfaction and their attitude?toward flipped classroom (p