THE EFFECT OF DISCOVERY LEARNING MODEL ON STUDENTS’ ABILITY IN WRITING NARRATIVE TEXT USING YOUTUBE AT GRADE X SMK N 6 TANJUNGBALAI

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This research aims to determine whether there is an effect of the Discovery Learning model on students' ability in writing narrative text at grade X SMK N 6 Tanjungbalai. This research is experimental research. Data collection techniques using observation, tests and documentation. The sample is divided into two groups, the experimental group and control group. There are two variables and two groups in this this research. This design is concerned with treatment and outcomes. The data will be collected from the pre-test and post-test to determine the ineffectiveness of the Discovery Learning Model in teaching writing. The population in this research was all of X classes in SMK N 6 Tanjungbalai, consist of 4 classes. They were two marketing classes and two farmasi classes. The research sample were two groups, which were X Farmasi 1 as experimental class used the discovery learning model and X Farmasi 2 as control group used conventional model. After the learning is completed, a post test is obtained After the learning process was complete, the average results of each group's post-tests are different. The average of the experimental group was 68.34 and the average of the post test results of the conventional group was 59.09. The result of the analysis showed that t-test is higher that t-table (6,92 > 2,00) at the level of significance 0,05 with the degree of freedom 68. It means that Ha is accepted and Ho is rejected. There is a significant the influence of Discovery Learning Model on students’ ability in writing narrative text using YouTube.

Keywords: Discovery Learning Model, Writing, Narrative Text.