This work expounds our exploration in applying data-enabled flipped learning (DEFL) in the Polytechnic Foundation Programme Physics module, on the following 2 topics: (1) conversion and conservation of energy, and (2) direct-current (DC) motor.

In the conversion and conservation of energy topic, students were tasked to build a gravity-driven toy car model in Do-it-Yourself (DIY) style. In the process, students would have to learn how gravitational potential energy (GPE) is being converted to kinetic energy (KE) to drive the toy car and apply this concept to optimize the design of the car so that it could travel the farthest. We observed an average of 5-point mark improvement between the pre-activity quiz and post-activity quiz.

In the DC motor topic, we further investigated whether a drill-and-practice approach is more effective than the DIY approach to DEFL. In the subsequent post-activity quiz, we observed that classes that underwent the DIY approach performed similarly as those who went through drill-and-practice.

Keywords: Data-enabled flipped learning, Physics, Polytechnic Foundation Programme.