Author (Penulis)

YULI CANDRA INTAN SARI
Universitas Nusantara PGRI Kediri

Author Identity (NPM)

11.1.01.08.0226

Abstract

Reading is one of receptive skills where the students should receive something after they read the text, and they should understand the content of the text. It becomes the problem for the students to work with a text followed by some comprehension questions. Therefore, the teacher should conduct interesting method, namely Discovery Learning. This research uses experimental research and quantitative approach to get and analyze the data. It was conducted in SMPN l Semen Kediri on May 2015. The subject of this research are seventh grade students of SMPN 1 Semen Kediri especially class VII-I which has 36 students. The Data were taken from pre-test and post-test. Based on the research, the researcher found that students in SMPN 1 Semen got bored when reading. They got difficulty in understanding the meaning of word and found the information in the text. The result of research shows that Discovery Learning on students’ reading comprehension has very significant effect because t-score is higher than the value of t-table either at a level of significance of 5% or 1%. The t-score is 7,230 at degree of freedom 35 and t-table is 1,689 at the level of significant 5% (0,05) and 2,437 at the level of significant 1%. It means that t-score (7,230) ? t-table at the level significance of 5% (1,689). So, the Null Hypothesis (Ho) was rejected and the Alternative Hypothesis (Ha) was accepted. Finally, the researcher conclude that Discovery Learning made the students more enjoyed learning in class because they are interested in the steps of learning that teacher used. It gave positive effect for the students. It can be seen from the result of post test which increased from pre test. However, the students should have self-esteem and high motivation in reading activity to improve their reading comprehension.

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PUBLISHED

2016-02-09

JOURNAL

Simki-Pedagogia

ISSN

2599-073X

ISSUE

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