The Use of Discovery Learning Methods in Improving Students' Learning Achievement on Socio-Economic Geography in Geography Education Study Program

摘要

The main problem in this study is the teachers have not applied discovery learning on the socio-economic geography learning process. The research objective was to improve the quality of the learning process and to improve student learning achievement in Socio-economic Geography courses at the Social Science Faculty, Manado State University, Geography Education Study Program. The research method used is descriptive, with a developmental nature. This study was conducted in Geography Education Study Program using purposive sampling by the 45 students as samples who took the Socio-economic Geography course. The results of the study showed that the discovery learning method was very effective in improving the learning outcomes of socio-economic geography courses in students of the geography education program at FIS UNIMA. Where the statistical computation results show that all students participating in the learning program get an achievement score >70 as the score is declared successful.