THE INFLUENCE OF USING DISCOVERY LEARNING METHOD TOWARDS STUDENTS’ SIMPLE PAST TENSE MASTERY AT THE TENTH GRADE OF MA AL ISLAMIYAH KOTABUMI IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2020/2021

DEFA, DIENA RAHMAH (2021) THE INFLUENCE OF USING DISCOVERY LEARNING METHOD TOWARDS STUDENTS’ SIMPLE PAST TENSE MASTERY AT THE TENTH GRADE OF MA AL ISLAMIYAH KOTABUMI IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2020/2021. Undergraduate thesis, UIN RADEN INTAN LAMPUNG.

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Abstract

ABSTRACT Based on the preliminary research that was conducted in MA Al Islamiyah Kotabumi, the students’ score in simple past tense mastery was still low; students got difficulties in remembering the patterns of simple past tense; students could not made sentence in simple past tense correctly. It was found that the total number of students who got difficulties in simple past tense was 69 from 92 students. In other words, students who got difficulties to understand simple past tense were 75%. In this research, discovery learning method was used to improve students’ simple past tense mastery. The objective of the research was to know whether there was any significant influence of using discovery learning method towards students’ simple past tense mastery at the tenth grade of MA Al Islamiyah Kotabumi in the academic year of 2020/2021. The method of the research was quasi experimental design. In this research, the population was at the tenth grade of MA Al Islamiyah Kotabumi. The sample of the research were two classes, there were experimental class and control class. For both classes consisted of 30 students. Discovery learning method was used in experimental class and direct method was used in control class. The treatments were held in 2 meetings. The instrument was multiple choices questions which had been tried out before the treatments. The instrument consisted of 50 items before validity test. After the validity test, the instrument for pre-test consisted of 30 items and post-test consisted of 30 items. Before giving the treatments, pre-test was given for both classes. Then, after conducting the treatments, post-test was given for both classes. After giving pre-test and post-test, the data had been analyzed by using SPSS. From the data analysis, it was found that the result of T-test was 0.000 and α = 0.05. It means that Ha was accepted. Therefore, there was a significant influence of using discovery learning method towards simple past tense mastery at the tenth grade of MA Al Islamiyah Kotabumi in the academic year of 2020/2021. Keywords : Discovery Learning Method, Quasi experimental design, Students’ simple past tense

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