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  • Abstrak Bahasa Indonesia Penelitian eksperimen semu ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui efektivitas discovery learning ditinjau dari kemampuan pemahaman konsep matematis siswa dan kemampuan awal matematika siswa. Desain yang digunakan adalah pretest-posttest control group design dengan populasinya adalah seluruh siswa kelas VII SMP Negeri 3 Way Pengubuan dan sampel penelitian adalah siswa kelas VIIA dan VIIB yang ditentukan dengan teknik purposive sampling. Data kemampuan pemahaman konsep matematis siswa diperoleh dari tes uraian dan data kemampuan awal matematika diperoleh dari tes pilihan berganda. Penelitian ini menyimpulkan bahwa penerapan discovery learning efektif ditinjau dari kemampuan pemahaman konsep matematis siswa dan kemampuan awal matematika siswa. Abstrak Bahasa Inggris This quasi experimental research aimed to know the effectiveness of discovery learning viewed by student’s understanding of mathematical concepts and prior knowledge of mathematics. The design of this research was pretest-posttest control group design with the population was all students of grade seven of SMPN 3 Way Pengubuan in academic year of 2014/ 2015 and the research samples were students of VIIA and VIIB class that were determined by purposive sampling. The data student’s understanding of mathematical concepts were obtained by essay test and the data of student’s prior knowledge of mathematics were obtained by multiple-choice tests. Based of this research, it was concluded that the implementation of discovery learning was effective viewed by the student’s understanding of mathematical concepts and prior knowledge of mathematics.