Discovery Learning Development to Improve Learning Result of Location Analysis for Students of Geography Department

Abstract

The main problem of research in the learning process of location analysis due to the instructor has not applied discovery learning methods. This Research aimed to improve the quality of the learning process and to improve learning outcomes in socio-economic geography courses in Universitas Negeri Manado, Geography education study program students. The research method is descriptive, by nature developmental. Research conducted on a geography education study program that taken a location analysis course with a total of 25 students as purposive sampling. The results showed discovery learning methods are very effective to improve learning outcomes in the Location Analysis course of geography education study program at the Faculty of Social Science of Universitas Negeri Manado (UNIMA). The results show throughout students participating in the learningprogram obtaining ≥ 70 declared as passing grade score.