THE EFFECTIVENESS OF MASTERY LEARNING METHOD ON LOWER SIX STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT AND INTEREST IN THE GENERAL PAPER

The researchers conducted this study to investigate the effectiveness of mastery learning method on Lower Six students’ achievement and interest in the General Paper. The researchers employed a quasi experimental research design. The objectives of this research was to investigate whether the usage of the mastery learning method enhance the Experimental Group’s achievement and interest significantly compared to the Controlled Group. A total of 73 Lower Six Arts students were used as samples in the research. The pretest and posttest were used as research instrument to measure the students’ achievement, and questionaires on interest was used to measure the students’ interest towards General Paper. The findings of the research show that the utilisation of mastery learning method in teaching General Paper increased the Experimental Group’s achievement and interest significantly compared to the Controlled Group who was taught using the conventional method.