Articles Open Access Vol. 4 No. 1 (2025)

THE EFFECTIVENESS OF DISCOVERY LEARNING METHOD IN TEACHING WRITING AT MAN 1 PASAMAN

Authors

  • Hesti Yulanda 1,✉
  • Yelfiza Yelfiza 1
  • Hevriani Sevrika 1
  1. Universitas PGRI Sumatera Barat

marks the corresponding author.

  • Received: 2022-03-02
  • Published 2026-02-11

Abstract

This study aims to determine the effectiveness of using the Discovery Learning Method in teaching writing MAN 1 Pasaman class XII science. This research is a pre experimental research using a pre-test and post-test design. The data sources of this study were students of class XII IPA 1 MAN 1 Pasaman who took English subjects, which consisted of 1 class with 30 students. The data sources of this research are the test of writing news text and procedure text. The researcher conducted an analysis using a paired T-Test using SPSS 25. From the analysis data, the value of .Sig. (2-tailed) is 0.000 < 0.05, and the T-count value of news item through pre-test and post-test is 2.388 > T table 2.045 and value of procedure text through pre-test and post-test is 2.411 > 2.045. So it can be concluded that there is an effect of using the Discovery Learning method in the writing learning process.

 

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