Mastery learning shifted the post-test score distribution upward: 69.08% of mastery students scored 80% and above versus 17.53% of control students¶

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q3 i? In the mastery learning group 69.08% of students scored 80% and above on the post-test, while only 17.53% of the control group reached that level; about half of control students (49.48%) scored 40–49% versus less than 1% of mastery students. → Telimoye Leesi Mitee and Georgina N. Obaitan 2015

Evidence¶

Telimoye Leesi Mitee and Georgina N. Obaitan 2015¶

Telimoye Leesi Mitee and Georgina N. Obaitan. (2015). Effect of Mastery Learning on Senior Secondary School Students' Cognitive Learning Outcome in Quantitative Chemistry. Journal of Education and Practice, Vol.6, No.5. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1083639

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Frequency distribution of post-test scores (Table 2) for the 207-student mastery group and 194-student control group. The article also reports "About half of the students (49.48%) in the control group scored between 40 and 49 whereas less than one percent (1%) of the students in the m astery learning group scored in this range."

"Table 2 shows that 69.08% of the students in the ma stery learning group scored 80% and above in the po st-test while only 17.53% of the students in the control gr oup attained this level."

Discussion¶

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