The effect of proficient learning on the cognitive achievement and skill performance of the first stage students

Abstract

The development in methods of teaching and the styles used in
teaching physical education has great impact in developing the level
of the students in the skillful and achieving aspect the mastering
learning is one of the modern styles which depends regarding the
individual differences in the level and the speed of learning for the
learners according to their own special abilities , through gradual
stepping from the easy to the difficult material and there should not
be any stepping to a new material without mastering the first
material by all the learners , giving them enough time or increasing
the repetitions until mastering . Therefore , the researcher adopts , in
this study , the mastering learning test and measuring its impact on
the knowledge achievement and on skillful performance for some
basic skills in basketball , as an attempt to draw the attention of
those who are responsible for the teaching process to the new
methods and styles which have impact on developing the student in
the skillful and achievement aspects .
The significance of the study lies in trying to find a teaching style
stimulating the motivation an cooperative spirit among the students ,
in addition to taking care of the individual differences the level and
the speed of learning to improve the scientific and the practical
levels of the students in the current studying skills . the experimental
method is used for its suitability for the nature and goals of the
study . the sample of the study comprises (40) female and male
students of the first stage / Department of Physical education /
College of Basic Education, divided into two groups with (20)
students in each controlling and experimental groups .
The researcher concludes that the mastering style has a clear impact
on improving the knowledge achievement and developing the
skillful performance for the experimental group.
The researcher recommends using themastering learning style in
teaching the skills of the basketball and the basic skills in the other
individual and team games.