Association between Different Learning Methods and Testing Scores for Student: A Case Study

Naturally, a human can maintain focus on study for 45-55 minutes. However, many previous research works also have stated that student can only pay attention to study for 10-15 minutes, approximately. Students who study over this period may have reduced learning performance. Also, taking a break for a short period or mental break can refresh the brain in order to increase learning efficiency for those who want to continuous study. Therefore, this study performs two different methods of class conductance; 15 minutes study with 5 minutes mental break and 45 minutes study without a mental break for evaluating the Learning Performance of the student. It is related to eSense meter, which is indicated to attention and relaxation in which alterable performance. It also performs the subject test to observe the variations. It applies a statistical method, ANOVA and analysis of gain for a different demonstration between pre-test and post-test score for each group. As a result, the gain of the first group (0.3788) is higher than the second group (-0.6794). In conclusion, a short study with mental break method is better than a long study without mental break method in this study.