scholarly journals Improving The Students’ Vocabulary Mastery Using Snakes And Ladders Game

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Atik Prabantari ◽  
Abdul Asib ◽  
Teguh Sarosa

The objectives of the research were to find out whether snakes and ladders game can improve the students’ vocabulary mastery and to describe the class atmosphere when the snakes and ladders game is implemented in the class. The research was carried out at elementary school in  Karangmojo. The approach used in this research was a classroom action research. It was conducted from May 2014 to June 2014. The subject of the research was the fifth grade of an elementary school in Karangmojo in the academic year of 2013/2014. The researcher collected the data using qualitative and quantitative method. The result of this research showed that the use of snakes and ladders game could improve the students’ vocabulary mastery and class atmosphere. The improvement of the students’ vocabulary mastery included; the students could understand the meaning of word, pronounce the words correctly,  spell the vocabulary correctly , and  use the words in appropriate context of situation. The improvement of class atmosphere included; the students’ interest toward the material increased, they were active during the lesson, and could work in group and individually. The students’ mean scores improved which could be seen from their mean score of pre-test (59.2), post-test 1 in cycle 1 (69.1), and also post-test 2 in cycle 2 (77.6).

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 163-174
Author(s):  
Sisilia Mite Lestari Wanda ◽  
Gregorius We,u ◽  
Tebajak Henakin ◽  
Benedikta Boleng

The objective of the research was to find out the application of group work method to improve students achievement in the material of the characters of multiplication at the fifth grade Inpres elementary school in Otobamba. It was a classroom action research (CAR).  The techniques to collect the data were observation, interview, documentation, and test. The subject of the research was 16 students. The finding showed that the learning achievement of students in every cycle was improved. In cycle I the average passed score was 31,25 % or 5 students and the average failed score was 68,75 % or 11 students. In cycle II, there were 16 who pass or 100%. In conclusion, mathematics teaching by using group work method can improve students achievement. Keywords: Group Work Method, Achievement, Mathematic Teaching


Author(s):  
Beny Hamdani

AbstractThis paper critically aims to enhance English vocabularies among EFL young learners of the fifth grade students through picture-word inductive model at elementary school Zainul Hasan Genggong Probolinggo in the academic year of 2019-2020. The research problem is How is the effective picture-word inductive model to enhance vocabulary among young learners of elemantary school Zainul Hasan Genggong Probolinggo? The type of the research is classroom action research. It was conducted in two cycles. The subjects of the research were 20 students of fifth grade. The data were collected from the test, interview, documentation and observation. The result showed that the students had increased their English vocabulary mastery which can be seen from the test result provided by the researcher. This is the evident from the test result that overall there was an increase in the English vocabulary mastery of 5 grade students as much as 50.70 % in the first cycle and 85.54 % in the second cycle. Meanwhile, the observation result showed that the students seemed more enthusiastic during the learning process.  In reference to the actions conducted in two cycles, the use of the picture-word inductive model enhances the students’ vocabulary by practicing words into sentences and more attention on mechanical aspects such as spelling and pronunciation. Keywords : Young Learners, Vocabulary Mastery, Picture-word inductive model.


Author(s):  
Deny Setyaningrum

<p><em>The problem that arises in this classroom action research is the low learning outcomes of grade 5 SD Negeri Trangkilan in determining the content and mandate of the pantun. The aim is to determine whether or not the learning outcomes have increased in determining the content and mandate of the rhymes for 5th grade students of SD Negeri Trangkilan through the use of power point media. This classroom action research with the subject of 5th grade students of SD Negeri Trangkilan in the academic year 2020/2021 with a total of 25 students. This classroom action research was conducted in 2 cycles, each cycle consisting of 4 stages, namely, planning, implementing, observing and reflecting. While the research indicator is the completeness of classical learning outcomes. The method of collecting research data is through observation and tests. From the research results indicate an increase in student learning outcomes. Based on the results of data analysis and discussion, namely as follows: that learning completeness from cycle I is 60% and cycle II is 84% means that it has increased by 24%.</em></p>


Author(s):  
Karisma Erikson Tarigan ◽  
Margaret Stevani

This study is aimed to improve the students’ vocabulary acquisition through derivational suffixes strategy. The subject of this study is the students of Class IX-1 of SMP Santo Petrus Medan in the academic year of 2017/2018. This study is conducted by applying Classroom Action Research (CAR), which have been conducted in two cycles (cycle 1 and cycle 2) and each cycle consisted of four meetings. The results of vocabulary test shows that the progressing mean score of the pretest is 34.66, post test in cycle 1 is 93.46, and post test in cycle 2 is 97.33. In cycle 1, the comparison percentage of nominal is 88.83%, verbal is 77.46%, adjectival is 40.74%, and adverbial is 84.14%. In cycle 2, the comparison percentage of nominal is 100%, verbal is 95.45%, adjectival is 65.84%, and adverbial is 94.91%. The percentage of the students who pass Minimal Criterion Mastery in each cycle is 100%, with the improvement 169.64% in cycle 1 to 180.81% in cycle 2. These indicate that there is a significant improvement of the students’ vocabulary mastery through affixation strategy of Class IX-1 of SMP Santo Petrus Medan in the academic year of 2017/2018.


2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 52-65
Author(s):  
Khristina Sri Prihatin

This study was aimed to determine: 1) application of decision making learning model in class XI MA  at  Daar El- Istiqomah Sukawana, Serang city of Banten, academic year  2016/2017.  2) The improvement of the results of accounting learning by applying decision making learning model on the subject matter of Recording Transactions/ Documents into General Jurnal in class XI MA  at Daar El-Istiqomah, Sukawana, Serang - Banten City  in academic year  2016/2017.This research was a classroom action research (CAR). The research used two cycles and each cycle consisted of four steps. The subjects in this study was class XI in MA Daar El-Istiqomah Sukawana, Serang - Banten, that consist of 25 students. The object of  this research was an implementation of decision making learning model.The results showed that the implementation of decision making learning model could be increased teacher and students activity. It could be seen that there were an increasing activity from cycle 1 to cycle 2. On cycle I, based on teacher observation, the activity reached 58% and in cycle II  reached 88% . Students learning outcomes based on average pre test reached 45. While the post test on cycle 1 by applying the Decision Making learning model has increased 71.4, and the average in post test on cycle II increased quite significant than in cycle 1 that is 80,8.


LingTera ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 61 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rina Tri Indrianingrum ◽  
Suwarna Suwarna

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menjelaskan meningkatnya keterampilan menulis deskripsi berbahasa Jawa siswa kelas X SMA N 2 Kebumen dengan menggunakan pendekatan proses dan media foto. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian tindakan kelas atau classroom action research. Desain yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah desain penelitian tindakan Kemmis dan Taggart. Penelitian ini dilaksanakan dua siklus. Subjek penelitian ini adalah siswa kelas X2 SMA Negeri 2 Kebumen tahun pelajaran 2011/2012 yang berjumlah 32 siswa. Pengumpulan data dilakukan dengan menggunakan observasi, catatan lapangan dan tes. Validitas yang digunakan adalah validitas demo-krasi, validitas proses dan validitas dialogis. Teknik yang digunakan untuk menganalisis data dalam penelitian tindakan ini adalah deskriptif. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan (1) siswa dapat menemukan ide lebih cepat, (2) siswa dapat membuat kerangka karangan, (3) siswa dapat mengembangkan kerang-ka karangan, (4) siswa dapat berpikir sistematis, (5) siswa semakin antusiasnya dalam mengikuti pembelajaran menulis karangan, (6) siswa paham melakukan proses mengarang. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ PHOTOGRAPH MEDIA TO IMPROVE THE DESCRIPTION WRITING SKILL OF THE STUDENTS AT SMA NEGERI 2 KEBUMEN   Abstract This research is aimed to describe and to explain the improvement in the description writing skill of the tenth grade students at SMA N 2 Kebumen by using  approach process and photography media. This research is classroom action research or classroom action research. The design used in this research was action research design by Kemmis and Taggart. The subject of the research was X2 class students at SMA Negeri 2 Kebumen in the academic year of 2011/2012, consisted of 32 students. The data collection was done by using observation, field notes and description during the time of the learning activity and also tests (pre test and post test). The validity used was democratic validity because the researcher truthfully collaborated either with the teacher and the students, the research also used process validity, marked by accuracy in the research process and dialogic validity can be shown that the research was implemented by having dialogue with the teacher and the collaborator to seek for critics and suggestion. Reliability in this action research was based on contextual and situational and localized. The technique used to analyze the data in this action research was descriptive. The monitoring on the learning process shows that (1) the students can find ideas faster, (2) the students can make essay framework, (3) the students can develop essay framework, (4) the students can think systematically, (5) the students are more enthusiastic in attending the learning of writing essay, (6) the students understand the process of writing essay. Keywords: photography media, description writing.


2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 131-139
Author(s):  
Siti Fitri Hasibuan

The objective of this research is to find out the improvement of the students’ ability in reading the report text by using the trading place strategy.  The research was conducted by using Classroom Action Research (Arikunto, 2006). The subject of this study was the nineth grade students in MTs S. AL-Husna, Medan, in academic year 2016/2017. The class consisted of 30 students. The data were taken from the students’ score, observation sheet, diary notes and documentation. Based on the reading tests, the students’ score kept improvement in every test: from pre-test to post test of cycle I and post test of cycle II. The improvement can also be proved by the result of observation sheet and diary notes. Therefore, It was found that teaching reading the report text by implementing the trading place strategy could improve the students’ ability in reading comprehension of the report text.


TAMAN VOKASI ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 151
Author(s):  
Agus Eka Saputra ◽  
Slamet Priyanto

This research aims: (1) to enhance students’ learning achievement in the subject of brake system class XI TKRA SMK Muhammadiyah 2 Sleman and (2) to improve students’ learning activeness in the subject of brake system class XI TKR A SMK Muhammadiyah 2 Sleman in the 2015/2016 academic year.This study is classroom action research done in 3 cycles which each cycle held in 4 stages, namely: planning, implementing, observation and reflection. This research was done in SMK Muhammadiyah 2 Sleman class XI TKR A in the 2015/2016 academic year with 40 students as the subjects. The data were collected using test, observation and documentation. The data were analyzed using descriptive quantitative technique.The results indicate that the implementation of demonstration method and film media shows the enhancement of learning achievement and activeness in the students of class XI TKR A SMK Muhammadiyah 2 Sleman on the subject of brake system in every cycle. It is shown by the improvement of students’ learning achievement test in cycle I which pre-test average value is 60.37 while post-test average value is 69.75. Thus, students’ learning achievement increases 9.38. In cycle II, it is obtained that the pre-test average value is 62.62 while the post-test average value is 75.25. Therefore, students’ learning achievement increases 12.63. In cycle III, the pre-test average value is 65.25 and the post-test average value is 82.75. Moreover, students’ learning activeness in the cycle I 42% increases 26% in the cycle II into 68 % and improves 19.50% in the cycle III to 87.50 %. Based on the above results, it can be concluded that the implementation of demonstration method and film media are able to improve students’ learning achievement and activeness on the subject of brake system class XI TKR A SMK Muhammadiyah 2 Sleman in the 2015/2016 academic year.


2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 166-176
Author(s):  
Siti Zuraidah ◽  
Kastam Syamsi ◽  
Ashadi Ashadi

The purpose of this study is to improve the storytelling skills in language learning  of grade I students of Muhammadiyah Elementary School Sapen Yogyakarta using hand puppet media.This research is collaborative classroom action research with the cycle model design. The subject of the study was grade I students of Al Ibadi Muhammadiyah Elementary School Sapen, totaling 30 students, consisting of 16 male and 14 female students. The data were collected through observatioThe purpose of this study is to improve the storytelling skills in language learning  of grade I students of Muhammadiyah Elementary School Sapen Yogyakarta using hand puppet media.This research is collaborative classroom action research with the cycle model design. The subject of the study was grade I students of Al Ibadi Muhammadiyah Elementary School Sapen, totaling 30 students, consisting of 16 male and 14 female students. The data were collected through observation and documentation as well as using a questionnaire and test, and analyzed using the descriptive qualitative and quantitative analysis.The results show that the use of hand puppet media in Indonesian language learning could improve the storytelling skill of grade 1 students. This is evidenced by the increase in the students’ average score and minimum mastery in their storytelling skills. The students’ mean score increased from 62 in Cycle 1 to 80 in Cycle 2. Likewise, the percentage of the students with minimum mastery increased from 40% (12 students) in Cycle 1 to 87% (26 students) in Cycle 2.n and documentation as well as using a questionnaire and test, and analyzed using the descriptive qualitative and quantitative analysis.The results show that the use of hand puppet media in Indonesian language learning could improve the storytelling skill of grade 1 students. This is evidenced by the increase in the students’ average score and minimum mastery in their storytelling skills. The students’ mean score increased from 62 in Cycle 1 to 80 in Cycle 2. Likewise, the percentage of the students with minimum mastery increased from 40% (12 students) in Cycle 1 to 87% (26 students) in Cycle 2.


2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 86
Author(s):  
Mujiem Mujiem

This research is a classroom action research that aims to improve the ability of teachers to apply the problem centered learning model of learning in the Elementary School 187/ X Bangun Karya, Academic Year 2019/2020. The subject of this study was a teacher at 187 / X Bangun Karya Elementary School, Rantau Rasau District, Tanjung Jabung Timur District, Jambi Province. This class action research was carried out in two cycles, each cycle consisting of two meetings. The results of the evaluation are converted into a recapitulation table of the results of cycle I. The conversion results state that the research has not yet reached the target, it needs to be continued with cycle II. The results of observers in the implementation phase of the second cycle showed that all parts of the learning activities were going well, so that there were no more parts of the learning activities that needed to be improved. While the results of the second cycle are converted with the results of the recapitulation table states that the study has reached the target limit of completeness criteria in the first cycle that is equal to 50% and an average of 68.7 in the initial conditions of improvement in the second cycle completeness criteria to be 100% and the average namely 91.7 states that the Focus Group Discission can improve the ability of teachers to apply the Problem Centered Learning learning model in learning in 187 / X Public Elementary School Build Work Year 2019/2020.


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