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The Impact of Using Discovery Learning on EFL Students’ Writing Skill

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Satriani, Razaq, Yusuf, Nurhidayanti, Muzkiyah, Nurul·2022·ETDC: Indonesian Journal of Research and Educational Review
DOI 10.51574/ijrer.v1i3.393
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The aims of the research are to enhance writing skills on hortatory exposition texts for the third year of MTs As’adiyah Putri 1 Sengkang. This research used a quasi-experimental method with two groups of pre-test and post-test designs. The subject of the research was the third-year students of MTs As’adiyah Putri 1 Sengkang. In this research, two classes were taken as samples. Class IX A was chosen as the experimental class and IX B as the control class. The experimental class consists of 25 students and 23 students from the control class. Writing tests (pretest and posttest) were used to collect data, which was then analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics in SPSS. The results of the pre-test and post-test showed a significant enhancement. It was proven by the mean score of the students’ experimental post-test (74.96) is higher than the mean score of the students’ pre-test (55.44) and the t-test value of the post-test is 0.004, which is smaller than 0.05. The gain scores of both groups show enhancement in students’ writing skills. However, the gain score of the experimental class was higher than the control class. The gain score of the experimental class was 19.52. From this research finding, it showed that the use of discovery learning could enhance the students’ writing skills on hortatory exposition texts.

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  • The Discovery Learning model has long been recognized as an effective constructivist approach.

    “The Discovery Learning (DL) model has long been recognized as an effective constructivist approach (Ainiyah, 2024;Mokoginta et al., 2025;Satriani et al., 2022).”

    From Show and Tell Learning Method Based on the Discovery Learning Model: Creativity and Learning Outcomes at Primary School (2025) · cites this paper as Satriani et al., 2022

    The Literature Review describes discovery learning as active, learner-led problem solving, which is consistent with a constructivist approach. The Results and Discussion report improved writing scores for students taught using STAD based on discovery learning. The paper does not establish that discovery learning alone is broadly effective or that it has long been recognized as such; its effectiveness finding concerns a combined method in one EFL writing setting. (LLM, conf=0.83)

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Authors
Satriani, Razaq, Y., Nurhidayanti, & Muzkiyah, N.
Venue
ETDC: Indonesian Journal of Research and Educational Review
Publisher
Education and Talent Development Center Indonesia (ETDC Indonesia)
Published
2022-06-27
Volume
1
Issue
3
Pages
389-397
ISSN
  • 2809-3682 (ISSN-L)
  • 2809-7505
DOI
10.51574/ijrer.v1i3.393
OpenAlex
W4393348815
Cited by
3
References
0
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2024: 2
FWCI
1.88
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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cc-by-sa
Locations
ETDC Indonesian Journal of Research and Educational Review (publishedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Language and Linguistics › EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › English Language Learning and Teaching
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Language Acquisition and Education
Keywords
discovery learning, EFL writing skills, hortatory exposition text, English as a foreign language, Islamic junior high school students, writing instruction

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