Comparison of the effectiveness of reverse classroom and social network based classrooms on Creativity and Academic Performance

The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of a reverse classroom and a classroom based on social networks on students' creativity and academic performance. The method of the present study is a quasi-experimental pretest-posttest with a control group. The study population was all high school students in Abdanan city. In this project, 60 students were selected by purposive sampling method and randomly divided into 3 groups: reverse classroom, classroom based on social networks and traditional classroom (control group). Torrance Creativity Questionnaire and Pham and Taylor Academic Performance Questionnaires were administered as pre-test and post-test for the groups. The results of multivariate analysis of covariance indicate a significant and positive effect of reverse classroom and classroom based on social networks, classroom education on creativity and academic performance variables. The results also showed that the reverse classroom compared to the classroom based on social networks, has a more positive effect on creativity and academic performance.