What does is the flipped classroom? The flipped classroom is when you take the types of activities that would typically be assigned for homework, and make them classwork.  While doing this, you take the activities that would generally be done in class and assign them for homework. In a typical middle school math class, the teacher explains a new concept to the class.  She explains the concept while writing on the board and describing the examples.  After the teacher is done with this “lecture” type math lesson, the students do practice activities.  And then they are assigned additional practice for homework. What’s wrong with that? This type of lesson has…