THE EFFECT OF DISCOVERY LEARNING MODEL ASSISTED BY PHYSICS COMICS ON STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES

Abstract

This research aims to determine student learning outcomes using the discovery learning model assisted by physics comics on temperature and heat subjects. The population in this study were all class XI students in the SMA Negeri 2 Percut Sei Tuan with the sampling technique being purposive sampling. Class XI-C as the experimental class and class XI-D as the control class, each with 36 students. The learning outcomes test instrument is a multiple choice test of 20 questions which has been validated by experts. The results showed that the pretest average in the experimental and control classes was 33.75 and 33.61. In testing normality and homogeneity, the pretest and posttest data for both classes had a normal and homogeneous distribution. The results of the pretest t test obtained t-count < t-table, namely 0.075 < 1.994, so H₀ was accepted, meaning that the initial abilities of students from the experimental class and the control class were the same. Meanwhile, the average posttest score in the experimental class and control class was 74.58 and 65.14. The results of the posttest t test show that tcount > t-table, namely 4.037 > 1.666, so the alternative hypothesis is accepted. Based on the research, it was concluded that there was an effect of the discovery learning model assisted by physics comics on student learning outcomes in the subject of temperature and heat.