Table 3.

Comparison of Students’ Mean Scores of the Final Examination Between the LBT and LBTM Groups

Students	Mean Scores (mean±SD)
	LBT Group (n=44)	LBTM Group (n=45)
Total students	75.34±12.50	81.00±10.84*
Top 20% students	91.58±2.02	92.35±1.22NS
Middle 30% students	81.15±2.66	86.60±3.44***
Bottom 50% students	64.50±8.25	72.79±9.59**

Notes: *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001 vs LBT group; NS, non-significant; n, sample size.

Abbreviations: LBT, traditional lecture-based teaching; LBTM, traditional lecture-based teaching and massive open online courses; SD, standard deviations; %, percentage.