The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of an eight-week mastery learning approach teacher training program on achieving mastery of two physical education teaching styles: the practice style and the reciprocal style. Forty male undergraduate physical education majors enrolled at Yarmouk University, Irbid, Jordan, served as subjects. The subjects were divided into two groups of 20. One group was assigned to the practice style and the other group was assigned to the reciprocal style. Knowledge tests and performance tests were administered in a pretest, training treatment sequence, posttest format. / In order to examine the effect of the training program, the results of the two knowledge tests and the two performance tests were analyzed using the t-test. A descriptive analysis was also used to determine the mastery level reached by the subjects. To record the data from the performance tests, an event-recording behavior observation system was used to code the teacher's behaviors. The results indicated that significant increases in knowledge posttest scores, for both the practice and the reciprocal groups, were achieved as a result of the mastery learning approach teacher training program. Data tabulated from posttest scores revealed that 92.5 percent of the 40 subjects obtained a mastery level. A significant increase in the amount of appropriate teaching behaviors, for both the practice and the reciprocal style groups, was also witnessed as a result of the training program. Data seemed to suggest that mastery learning approach teacher training programs can be effectively applied in a physical education environment. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 46-09, Section: A, page: 2614. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1985.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_75627 |
| Contributors | BATAINEH, AHMAD H., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 162 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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