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"Flipped to the MAX! What if the application (the homework) was done in class with teacher guidance and the lecture for the next day's lesson/application was given for homework? This is the basic concept of the flipped classroom. More time can be given for assistance if warranted or extensions if the concept is demonstrated as mastered."

"http://www.ted.com A flying car -- it's an iconic image of the future. But after 100 years of flight and automotive engineering, no one has really cracked the problem. Pilot Anna Mracek Dietrich and her team flipped the question, asking: Why not build a plane that you can drive?"

"Brian Hayes explores this problem in the title essay of his recent book, "Group Theory in the Bedroom." Double entendres aside, the "group" in question here is a collection of mathematical actions - all the possible ways you could flip, rotate or overturn the mattress so that it still fits neatly on the bed frame."