Efektivitas Penggunaan Model Pembelajaran Discovery Learning Melalui Google Classroom Sub Materi Letak Dan Luas Indonesia Siswa Kelas VII MTs Serpong Tahun Pelajaran 2020/2021
Google Classroom e-learning has started to be used in schools by sending assignments and providing learning materials. Google Classroom is a blended learning platform developed by Google for schools or other educational institutions that aims to simplify the creation, distribution, and assignment of assignments in a paperless way. One of the subjects that will be used in this research is Social Sciences (IPS) with the material "Location and Area of Indonesia". The material "Location and Area of Indonesia" is one of the lessons found in the first semester of class VII and is usually delivered in the early stages of learning. This material is used to increase students' knowledge about the location or description of the territory of Indonesia. Based on the results of observations made at MTs Serpong that students tend to be passive and less independent in the learning process, students prefer to wait for instructions from the teacher. This results in students' thinking not progressing, and not wanting to think independently. The use of the Discovery Learning learning model through Google Classroom which will be used by researchers can make students actively participate in the learning process. This study aims to 1) analyze the social studies learning process in the sub-material of the location and area of Indonesia class VI at MTs Serpong by applying the Discovery Learning model through Google Classroom, and 2) determine the effectiveness of social studies learning with the Discovery learning learning model on the sub-material of the location and area of Indonesia. VII grade students of MTs Serpong. This research is a research with a quantitative approach. This study uses the One-Group Pretest-Posttest Design. The data analysis technique used in this research is instrument validity test, reliability test, normality test, and paired sample t test which is calculated using IBM SPSS 23.0. The results of this study are: 1) the use of the Discovery Learning model through Google Classroom is more effective, 2) The learning process using the Discovery Learning model through Google Classroom on the material "Location and Area of Indonesia" is effective for improving student learning outcomes in social studies learning class VII at MTs Serpong. This can be seen through the results of the pretest and posttest assessments with an average pretest score of 72 and posttest 88
