THE EFFECT OF DISCOVERY LEARNING MODEL ON READING COMPREHENSION BY ASSISTED WORDWALL

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This research investigates the effect of the Discovery Learning Model on reading comprehension in class XI SMAS Al Ma'shum Sidodadi in the 2024/20245 academic year. This research uses a quantitative approach with a pre-test and post-test experimental design that focuses on students in classes XI-2 and XI-3, who were selected through random sampling. Reading comprehension abilities are assessed through pre-test and post-test evaluations to measure the effectiveness of the Discovery Learning model in improving reading comprehension, especially in narrative texts. The results showed a significant increase in reading comprehension after implementing the Discovery Learning Model, with an average score increase of 29.1% from pre-test to post-test in one group and an increase of 39.2 in the other group. Statistical analysis using the t test formula shows significant improvement, as evidenced by the t value which exceeds the critical value at the significance level of 0.05. These findings support the effectiveness of the discovery learning model in improving reading comprehension in narrative texts. The calculation of the scores by using t-test for the degree of freedom (df) 63 at significance level 0.05 where the t-critical value is 1.668. The result of the analysis showed that the t-score was higher than t-table 16.25 > 1.669 at the level of significance 0.05 with the degree of freedom (df) 63. It means that Ha is accepted.