The Effect Of Discovery Learning Assisted With Heat Transfer Intructions On Improving Student Learning Outcomes

Abstract

The background to this research is the low of the students’ study results on physic subject, especially on the heat transfer material. This is due to conventional learning methods and the lack of practical tools that support the learning process. To overcome this, researchers applied a discovery learning model assisted by heat transfer teaching aids. This research aimed to see whether the application of discovery learning model assisted by heat transfer has an effect in improving the students; learning results at XI-B class. The research was conducted at SMA Swasta Pondok Daun on Jl. Pekapuran no.78A, Curug, Depok, West Java. A quasiexperimental method was used in this research. The sample in this study was class XI-B as the experimental class and XI-A as the control class for the 2023/2024 academic year. The total number of samples in this study was 52 students. Data was collected using tests which were divided into two: a pretest was carried out to find out how far students had mastered heat transfer before the treatment and a posttest was carried out to find out whether there was an increase in students' mastery of heat transfer material after the treatment. Apart from that, data was also collected through questionnaires to determine the suitability of teaching media tools and the effectiveness of applying the discovery learning model assisted by heat transfer in learning process at the experimental class. Based on the result finding, it can be concluded that, the student’s study results on the heat transfer material in the experimental class has increased as much as 35.77% and 15.97% for the control class. This case can be shown by the students’ mean scores of the pretest as much as 49.04 and 38.46 for the posttest. Meanwhile, in the class control, the students’ mean scores of the pretest as much as 38.46 and 54.43 for the posttest. It means that the application of the discovery learning model assisted by heat transfer is influential and effective in improving the students’ study result.