Pengaruh Model Discovery Learning Berbantuan Media Let’s Read Terhadap Kemampuan Membaca Permulaan Siswa SD

Abstract

This study aims to examine the effect of the Discovery Learning model assisted by Let’s Read on the early reading skills of second-grade students. The study used a quantitative quasi-experimental method with a Nonequivalent Control Group design and involved 56 students of grade II at SDN 6 Nagrikaler, Purwakarta, consisting of 28 students in the experimental class and 28 students in the control class. Data were collected through oral and written early reading tests and analyzed using descriptive statistics, Shapiro-Wilk normality test, Levene’s homogeneity test, and Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test. The mean pretest scores were 4.26 in the experimental class and 3.85 in the control class, while the mean posttest scores increased to 7.74 and 6.48, respectively. The Wilcoxon test in the experimental class produced a significance value of 0.000 < 0.05, indicating a significant difference between pretest and posttest scores after the learning treatment. These findings show that the Discovery Learning model assisted by Let’s Read was associated with improved early reading skills among the participating second-grade students.