THE EFFECTIVENESS OF DISCOVERY METHOD TOWARDS STUDENTS READING COMPREHENSION

RIHADATUL, AISIYATUN NAZIAH (2023) THE EFFECTIVENESS OF DISCOVERY METHOD TOWARDS STUDENTS READING COMPREHENSION. Diploma thesis, UIN RADEN INTAN LAMPUNG.

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Abstract

ABSTRACT The learning process at SMPN 3 Pugung Tanggamus Lampung in terms of reading comprehension was still low. Most of the students still had difficulties in understanding the contents of the reading text because limited vocabulary, the students also had difficulty processing information from the contents of the text they had read and the used of learning method by the teacher was less than optimal. This study aimed to find out significant effectiveness of discovery method towards students reading comprehension in descriptive text of eighth grade students of SMPN 3 Pugung Tanggamus Lampung in the academic year 2022/2023. The research methodology of this research was quasi experimental design, the design was pre-test and post-test control group design. The population of this research the eighth grade of SMPN 3 Pugung Tanggamus Lampung in the academic year 2022/2023. The samples of the research were two classes, VIII A and VIII C. 35 students for the experimental class (VIII A) and 35 students for the control class (VIII C). So, the total of samples were 70 students. The experimental class used Discovery Method, while the control class used Teacher Centered Method. The treatment were held in 3 meetings. In collecting the data, this research used a test for the instrument by multiple-choice questions. Before giving the treatment, a pre-test was given. Then, after conducting the treatment was given a post-test. The resulted of data analysis showed that the discovery method score obtained by students before and after treatment had significant difference; this could be seen from the following facts. Hypothesis testing used T-test to measure the significant effectiveness of discovery method towards students reading comprehension score. Based on the T-test of the SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Science) version 25. It was obtained that Sig. (2-tailed) = 0.000 < α = 0,05. It means that the using of discovery method towards students reading comprehension score was significant effective with effect size 1.00, it is indicated that the effect size was moderate. So, the effectiveness of discovery method on students reading comprehension not low and not high. Keywords: Descriptive text, Discovery Method, Students Reading Comprehension

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