Flipped classroom approach in Saudi Arabia context: students’ experiences in a flipped computer science classroom in high school

The aim of this research is to study the impact of flipped classroom approach on students’ experiences in a computer science class in high school in Saudi Arabia. The purpose of conducting this research is to encourage further studies in future in order to investigate the impact of flipped classroom approach in high schools, particularly in Saudi Arabia, so that this approach could become popular in the country. To address this aim and purpose, a mixed method research is conducted wherein interviews are conducted with 8 students to gather qualitative data and surveys are conducted with 35 students of computer science to gather quantitative data. The thematic analysis method and descriptive and graphical analysis methods are used to analysis the findings of the qualitative and quantitative data. From the findings of the research it has been examined that flipped classroom allow students to show more awareness, be more engaged and collaborative while studying in comparison of the traditional approach and thus it is concluded that the students have a good experience with flipped method and further research must be conducted on this topic to promote its application in schools in Saudi Arabia.