Discussion Versus Debate in Political Economic Course: An Experiment in Learning

The purpose of this research is to confirmation effectively of Debate Method or Discussion Method for increasing learning outcome of Political Economic Course. This research methods use experiment research models with experiment and comparing group design. Subject of research is Class A and Class B of 2017 year, student of Economic Education Department, State University of Surabaya. In the Class A, activities of learning with Discussion base learning, and Class B used Debate base learning. The finding of research revealed that the mastery concept level of political economic of class A with use discussion method was average 76, while the class B with use Debate method was average 71. The scores of T-tests of pre-test of T-count was -1,5104 in the area of reception T-table= 2,7378, so there was not any difference significantly at early capability between the Discussion and Debate method before learning. The findings of the post-test, in the T-test of related data indicated that T-count= 2,9525 are beyond of the reception area Ttabel= 2.7378, so it was concluded that there was significant difference between the ability of the Discussion Method Class A and Debate Method in Class B after learning activities. Therefore, this indicated that Discussion method has a positive and significant better to increase the concept of Political Economic Course, if the comparation with Debate method, in Political Economic Course.