The AI-enhanced flipped classroom improves comprehensive assessment and pre-class preparation/PPT quality over the flipped classroom, but not in-class presentation performance or professional knowledge mastery¶

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q2 i? The AI-enhanced flipped classroom scored significantly higher than the flipped classroom on the comprehensive assessment and on pre-class preparation and PPT quality (p < 0.05), with no significant differences in in-class presentation performance or mastery of professional knowledge. → Liu YJ 2026

Evidence¶

Liu YJ 2026¶

Liu YJ, Ma HZ, Luo HY, Xiong YX, Qu FW, Xie JP, Guo Y. (2026). From traditional classroom to AI-enhanced flipped classroom: a three-year pedagogical evolution for international students in pharmacology. BMC Medical Education. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-026-09608-7

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Mann-Whitney U comparisons (Fig. 2B-E) of the 100-point comprehensive assessment (pre-class/PPT 30, presentation 40, knowledge 30 points) between the 2024 and 2025 cohorts. Gains concentrated in process quality; deep mastery measures showed no significant difference.

"the score for the AI- enhanced flipped classroom group was also significantly higher than that for the flipped classroom group (p < 0.05) (Fig. 2C). However, no significant differences were found between the two groups regarding in-class presentation performance (Fig. 2D) or mastery of professional knowl edge and core content (Fig. 2E)"

Discussion¶

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