The application of guided discovery learning model to improve students concepts understanding

Abstract

Abstract This study aims to determine the differences in understanding concepts of students between classes using guided discovery learning model and non-guided discovery in heat material and knowing the response of students in Public Junior High School 8 Banda Aceh. The populations in this study were all students in 7 year with the selection using purposive sampling, so student from grade seven-one and three were obtained as samples. Tests of understanding concepts students used multiple choice questions with five choices of answers. The test is used to determine the scores of students in the guided discovery and the non-guided discovery classes. The data of the research results were analyzed by t-test for understanding concepts and descriptive statistics for questionnaire responses. The results showed that: there were significant differences in increasing of understanding concepts between classes taught guided discovery and those taught with non-guided discovery model. The application of the guided discovery model improves student learning outcomes, especially in understanding the concept.