Students’ Activities and Interest to Mathematics Learning Through Discovery Learning (A PDS Project)

Abstract

Mathematics lesson is considered to be a difficult lesson for students. Students are less interested to learn math and tend to passive during learning process. Consequently, their mathematics achievement are not satisfying. Therefore, we need a learning model that makes students more interested and engage actively during learning process. Discovery learning is as an alternative. For that reason, an action study was conducted. This study attempted to improve students’activeness and interest to learn mathematics through discovery learning model. The site of this study was SMP Pembangunan Laboratorium UNP. Participant observation was conducted to gain the data of students’activeness and interest. There were two observers of this study. Students of Grade 9 SMP Pembangunan were as the subject of this study. The finding depicts improvement of students’activeness and interest and it is suggested that teacher use this model by first investigate topic in math which is suitable with this model.