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Title:
THE IMPLEMENTATION OF DISCOVERY LEARNING IN NATURAL SCIENCES MODULE TO IMPROVE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNICATION ABILITY OF JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL

Authors:
Siti Rahmawati, Mohammad Masykuri and Sarwanto

Abstract:
This research to determine the implementation of discovery learning science modules to improve scientific communication skills. Communicating is one of the 21st-century abilities that is needed and essential for today's generation. Communication is a way of presenting information to the public verbally or in writing. The process of delivering information requires expertise in speaking appropriately and using communicative language. This research method was quasi-experiment design with a pretest-posttest control group design. The sample was VII class as many as two classes in school A (high category) and school B (low category) in the Magetan Regency. The results showed that scientific communication skills in the experimental class of school A were 81.75% in the highly skilled category, while the control class was 71.84% in the skilled category. The control class of school B was 78.25% in the skilled category, and 63.84% in the control category was quite skilled. The results of scientific communication tests with n-gain were that the experimental class of school A was 0.79 high category, while the control class was 0.71 in the high category. Control class of the school B was 0.69 in the medium category, and the control class was 0.62 in the medium.

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DOI:
http://dx.doi.org/10.37500/IJESSR.2020.30122

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