The Effect of Inquiry Method Assisted by Audiovisual Media and Learning Motivation on Writing News Text Skills

Abstract

This type of research is a quantitative study using a quasy experiment method. Research design is factorial design. The population of this study was all eight grade students of Public Middle School 6 Padang totaling one hundred and eighty-five students. Sampling was done by random sampling technique and obtained class VIII.1 as an experimental class with a total of thirty students and class VIII.2 as a control class with a total of thirty students. The instrument of this study, namely learning motivation questionnaire and performance test skills for writing text of news. Analyzing data is done descriptively in accordance with the concept of experimental research. The results of this study are as follows. First, the skill to write the text of news in the experimental class and the control class. Second, the text of the news writing skill result and the experimental class students who have a grade control learning motivation high and low learning motivation. Third, there is no interaction between inquiry method assisted by audiovisual media and learning motivation in influencing the writing of news texts.