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Aaron Sams

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American chemistry teacher who, with colleague Jonathan Bergmann at Woodland Park High School in Colorado, co-developed the flipped classroom model starting in 2006, proposing that lectures be recorded for students to watch outside class so class time could go to interactive exercises and lab work. Sams received the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Co-developed the flipped classroom model with Jonathan Bergmann beginning in 2006 and helped establish it as a distinct pedagogical approach. 1
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Co-originators of the flipped classroom at Woodland Park High School.

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    Aaron Sams is one of the developers of the flipped classroom model for education, which seeks to shift lecture from classroom onto video so that teachers can dedicate class time to more interactive activities and extra help.
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    Aaron Sams is one of the developers of the flipped classroom model for education, which seeks to shift lecture from classroom onto video so that teachers can dedicate class time to more interactive activities and extra help.
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