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A sense Ofprogress
Table 4.1.22 and Figure 4.1.19 below show that 8th graders believed strongly (4≤M<5)
that Individual help promoted their sense of progress. They neither agreed nor disagreed
(3<M<4) that Reading a textbook, Teacher explanation, and Individual work promoted it,
and they expressed disagreement (2<M<3) that Practical work, Using a computer,
Whole-class discussion and Group discussion promoted it. These differences were
statistically significant. A relatively wide distribution of responses existed in the extent to
which sense of progress was perceived to be promoted by all of the teaching methods
considered. 8th graders felt that only Individual help positively promoted a sense of
progress. This was one of the teaching methods reported as frequently being deployed
by the teachers of 8th graders.
Table 4.1.22: Mean scores and Standard Deviation; a sense of progress, perceptions of
8th graders
Practical |
Using |
Reading a |
Teacher |
Individual |
Individual |
Whole-class |
Group | |
N |
2143 |
2138 |
2141 |
2142 |
2143 |
2142 |
2143 |
2142 |
M |
2.75 |
2.57 |
3.15 |
3.83 |
3.79 ' |
4.03 |
2.52________ |
2.62 |
SD |
1.26 |
1.22________ |
1.26 |
1.10_________ |
1.16 |
1.15________ |
1.15________ |
1.19________ |
The result of a repeated measure ANOVA [F(8,17064)=800.79, p<.01]
Figure 4.1.19: Sense of progress promoted by different teaching methods, perceptions
of 8th graders

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