PERCEPTION OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS ON THE UTILIZATION OF FLIPPED CLASSROOM FOR LEARNING IN KWARA-STATE

Abstract
This study investigated the perception of undergraduate’s students on the utilization of flipped classroom for learning. It
also investigates the influence of gender on undergraduates’ utilization of flipped classroom for learning. The study
employed a descriptive research of the cross-sectional survey type. Two hundred and fifty eight (135 males, and 123
females) undergraduates students were randomly selected from the three selected Universities in kwara State. Researcher designed questionnaire was used to elicit information from the respondents with reliability coefficient of 0.91 using
cronbach alpha formula. The questionnaire was analysed using simple percentage and mean. Independent t-test and
Analyses of variance (ANOVA) were used to test the hypotheses with the aid of statistical package for social science version
(20.0) at 0.05 significant levels. The result of the findings indicated that undergraduate students from the federal, state and
private Universities utilized flipped classroom for learning. The result of the independent t -test revealed that no significant
difference exists between male and female undergraduate students perception of the usefullneness of flipped class room for
learning. These findings also revealed that no significant difference exist in undergraduate students ‘ perception of the
utilization of flipped classroom for learning based on school proprietorship. Based on the findings, it was recommended
that undergraduate student should adopt the use of flipped classroom since it a very useful technology for learning. Also,
seminars, workshops and conferences should be organized for male and female undergraduates’ students on the usefulness
of flipped classroom for learning since the findings revealed no gender bias in the utilisation of flipped classroom for
learning among others.
Keywords: Flipped Classroom, Perception, Gender