The Effect of Discovery Learning Method on Students’ Ability in Writing Recount Text

The discovery learning method is one of the methods suggested in the Curriculum 2013. This method requires the students to participate in making decisions and the students as problems solver. The discovery learning method is expected to be contributive to develop students’ creative thinking such as in writing ability. Applying the discovery learning method is intended to improve the students’ writing recount text by mastering the generic structure, language features, and social function. Therefore, the study was directed to verify whether the discovery learning method is effective to improve the students writing recount text. The research aims to find significance difference scores on writing recount text of the students taught by using discovery learning method and those taught by using conventional method. This quasi experimental design was analyzed by using independent sample t-test. The reseasrch findings showed that there was significance difference score on writing recount text of the students taught by using discovery learning method and those taught by using conventional method. The discovery learning method was effective use to improve the students’ ability in writing recount text