Upaya Meningkatkan Kemampuan Memahami Gagasan dan Fakta dalam Teks Eksposisi dengan Menerapkan Metode Discovery Learning

Learning to understand ideas and facts in an
exposition text of one of the materials taught in class
VIII C of the State Junior High School 2 Tabanan.
Based on the results of the initial research, it was
found that students had difficulty in distinguishing
ideas and facts in the exposition text. Students seem to
pay less attention to the teacher's explanation and are
busy doing other activities while the learning process
is in progress. The learning process in the classroom
takes place in one direction without involving students
to ask questions, find out, and learn. In addition, the
activities of ideas and facts in the exposition text are
too book and theoretical so that learning does not
seem to be able to encourage students to actively think
to solve problems. This study aims to describe the
ability to understand ideas and facts in the
exposition text of class VIII C students of State
Junior High School 2 Tabanan in the 2021/2022
academic year before and before applying the
discovery learning method. Data collection methods
used, namely the observation method and the test
method. The observation method used to obtain data
about student attitudes and behavior. The test method
used to determine the ability to understand the ideas
and facts in the exposition text. The data analysis
method used is descriptive analysis method. Based on
the data analysis, the results showed that the average
value of students in the pre-cycle was 64.87, then in
the first cycle it increased to 70.00 with the
percentage increase from the pre-cycle to the first
cycle of 8.91%. Furthermore, the average value of the
class in the second cycle increased to 82.05 with the
percentage increase from the first cycle to the second
cycle of 18.21%. Thus, if it is rejected by the action
hypothesis, the ability to understand and fact in the
exposition text by applying the discovery learning
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method of class VIII C students of State Junior High
School 2 Tabanan in the 2021/2022 academic year
will increase.