The Use of Cooperative Learning and Discovery Learning in Teaching Writing Descriptive Text

This research aims to investigate significance different between cooperative learning and discovery learning in writing descriptive text. This research was done by using quantitative method and conducted a quasi-experimental design with two groups study at SMPN 23 Bandung. It was conducted at seventh grade of Junior High School. The instrument used in this researcher were test. The result of data analysis showed that there was significant difference between experimental and control class. In accordance with the result of data were normally distributed, homogeneity, and independent sample t-test the means both groups for equal variances assumed 0.015 < 0.05. It is indicated that the null hypothesis (H0) is rejected. Therefore, STAD is more effective than discovery learning in writing descriptive text. The result revealed that the implementation of cooperative learning in writing descriptive text by following the five components of STAD proposed by Slavin (2005). While the implementation of discovery learning by following the five stages proposed by Shah (2004)