According to this article in the Atlantic the idea of flipping the classroom is both preferred by the students AND actually raises test scores. In a two year study test scores went up 2.5% in each of the two years for a cumulative gain of over 5%.

Also, before taking the flipped class a large majority of the students said they preferred the traditional lecture model.  After taking a flipped class an even larger majority (90%) said the preferred the new flipped class.

And just wait until instructors master the flipped model.