Influence of innovative teaching methods on academic performance of students with moderating effect of active learning in higher education sector

In the higher education sector, innovative teaching methods are always welcome and are changing over the periods of time horizon and efficient teaching methods are largely depending on quality, quantity and sufficiency of subject content and needs and requirements of students perusing their higher education. The findings reveal that multimedia and active teaching methods are positively significantly influencing academic performance of arts and science college students. Further, interaction between multimedia and active learning and interaction between role playing and active learning are also positively significantly influencing academic performance of arts and science college students. Furthermore, multimedia, flipped and role playing teaching methods have significant, positive and direct influence on active learning, while, active learning has positive, direct and significant influence on academic performance of students in higher education sector. Thus, only the five hypotheses are supported by the findings and limitation of the study is also presented.