Improving Learning Motivation and Speaking Skills Using the Discovery Learning Model in Class IV of SDN 158/III Sungai Abu, Air Hangat Timur District, Kerinci Regency

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Education is one of the most important things to determine and direct the future direction of one's life. Elementary school education is also the main foundation to strengthen the next level of education. This study was motivated by the low learning motivation and speaking skills of fourth grade students of SDN 158/III Sungai Abu, East Warm Water Subdistrict, Kerinci Regency in learning Indonesian language due to only applying conventional methods used by educators. According to Ruiyat et al, (2019), speaking skills are a process in which there is a form of verbal communication with the aim of conveying something. This study aims to improve students' learning motivation and speaking skills through the Discovery Learning model. The type of research used is Classroom Action Research (PTK) which consists of planning, implementation, observation, and reflection. According to Azizah (2021), PTK is research conducted in the classroom by teachers/researchers to determine the effects of actions applied to a study in the classroom. The subjects of this study were class IV students of SDN 158/III Sungai Abu, totalling 15 people. The research instruments included educator activity observation sheets, student observation sheets, learning motivation questionnaires, and speaking skill test sheets. While data collection techniques consist of oral tests, observation, questionnaires of learning motivation and documentation. The research was conducted in two cycles, each cycle consisting of two meetings. Based on the research data, it shows an increase in educator activities from 67.5% in cycle I to 80% in cycle II. Student activity increased from 56% in cycle I to 81.25% in cycle II. Learning motivation increased from 71.53 in cycle I to 78.60 in cycle II. Learners' speaking skills also increased from 66.09 in cycle I to 77.19 in cycle II. So that the learning motivation and speaking skills of students using the Discovery Learning model can be said to have increased from cycle I to cycle II. Thus, it is concluded that the application of the Discovery Learning model is proven to increase the learning motivation and speaking skills of fourth grade students of SDN 158/III Sungai Abu, East Warm Air Subdistrict, Kerinci Regency.