The effect of mastery learning method on the academic performance and academic achievement motivation of the elementary school students

The aim of the present research was to investigate the effect of mastery learning method on the academic performance and academic achievement motivation of the elementary school students.

The research method is quasi-experimental, with a pre-test, post-test design with an experimental and control group. The statistical population included all primary school students of Marvdasht city. To determine the sample size, 120 students were selected by cluster random method and replaced in two experimental (60 people) and control (60 people) groups. The measurement tools in this research were Hermans achievement motivation questionnaire and Pham and Taylor academic performance questionnaire, whose content and form validity have been confirmed and the reliability of the questionnaire of motivation for achievement and academic performance has been obtained using Cronbach's alpha coefficient of 0.85 and 0.79, respectively. Data analysis was done using descriptive and inferential statistics, which at the level of descriptive statistics; frequency, mean and standard deviation, and at the level of inferential statistics, analysis of covariance test were used.

There is a significant difference between the academic performance and academic achievement motivation of the two experimental and control groups in the post-test stage (p ≥ 0.001), in other words, the mastery learning method has a significant effect on the academic performance and academic achievement motivation of the students. Mastery learning method has had a significant effect on the components of academic performance. That is, 80% of the total variance or individual differences in the self-efficacy component, 38% in the emotional effects component, 73% in the planning component, 60% in the lack of control component and 67% in the motivation component is the difference between the two groups. The mastery learning method has had a significant effect on increasing the motivation of academic progress [F=25.896, p<0.001)].

The result indicated that the mastery learning method is effective in increasing academic performance and academic motivation. The mastery learning method is effective in the components of academic performance. The mastery learning method is effective in the motivational components of academic achievement.