IMPROVING STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT IN WRITING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT THROUGH QUESTIONING TECHNIQUE

2013 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Eva Saskia Rahma And Meisuri
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Writing Test ◽  
Class Viii ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Classroom Action Research ◽  
Writing Tests

This study concerned with the improvement of students’ achievement in writing descriptive text by applying Questioning technique. The objective of this study was to discover whether questioning technique could significantly improve students’ achievement in writing descriptive text. It was conducted by using classroom action research which was carried out in two cycles in six meetings. The subject of the research was class VIII-1 SMP Negeri 2 Lima Puluh. The number of the students was 30. The instruments for collecting data were writing tests as the quantitative data and diary notes, observation sheet, questionnaire sheet as qualitative data. Based on the students’ writing test, the students’ score was improved in every test. In the first test, the mean score was 59.86. In the second test, the mean score was 67.80. In the last test, the mean score of the students was 74.63. In the line with the data, it was showed that questioning technique significantly improved students’ achievement in writing descriptive text.

IMPROVING STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT IN WRITING RECOUNT TEXT THROUGH THINK PAIR SHARE

2013 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hotria Manik ◽  
Elia Masa Ginting
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Writing Achievement ◽  
The Third ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Class Viii ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Writing Tests

This study attempts to improve students’ writing achievement in recount text through Think-Pair-Share Strategy. This study was conducted by using classroom action research. The subject of the research was class VIII-1 SMPN 1 Pematangsiantar. The number of the students was 32 students, consisted of 5 males and twenty seven females. The research was conducted in two cycles and consisted of six meetings. The instruments for collecting data were writing tests as the quantitative data and diary notes, observation sheet, interview sheet and questionnaire sheet as qualitative data. Based on the writing score, students’ scores kept improving in every test. In analyzing the data, the mean of the students’ score for the first test as a pre-test was 57.84, for the second test as a post test I was 73.56, for the third test as a post test II was 77.56. Based on diary notes, observation sheet and questionnaire sheet, it was found that students were actively involved in writing process. The result of the research showed that Think-Pair-Share Strategy can improve students’ achievement in writing recount text.   Keywords: Think Pair Share, Writing, Recount text, Action research

scholarly journals IMPROVING STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT IN WRITING DESCRIPTIVE PARAGRAPH USING OUTLINE TECHNIQUE

2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mutia Sabrina And Yunita Agnes Sianipar
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
First Year ◽  
Writing Test ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Classroom Action Research ◽  
First Year Student

This study deals with the improvement of the students’ achievement by using Outline technique. This research was conducted by applying classroom action research in two cycles. The subject of this research was one of a class in the first year student of SMU Yayasan Pendidikan Sultan Iskandar Muda. There were 35 students that participated in this research. The quantitative and qualitative data were gahtered in administrating  writing test and diary notes. The result of quantitative data obtained that the score of the students inproved from cycle I to cycle II which the mean of the pre-test was 70.6, the test of cycle I was 75.8, and the test of cycle II was 85,2. The result of the quanlitative data described that the using of the Outline technique help to improve the students’ achievement in writing descriptive paragraph.

IMPROVING STUDENTS ACHIEVEMENT IN VOCABULARY THROUGH LUSTERING TECHNIQUE

2013 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisda Yuniati Tumanggor And Zainuddin
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Clustering Technique ◽  
Class Viii ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Vocabulary Score

This study attempts to improve students’ vocabulary achievement through Clustering Technique. This study was conducted by using classroom action research. The subject of the research was class VIII-B SMP Katolik Trisakti 2 Medan that consisted of 32 students. The research was conducted in two cycles and each cycle consisted of three meetings. The instruments for collecting data were vocabulary tests for quantitative data and diary notes, observation sheet and questionnaire sheet for qualitative data. Students’ score kept improving in every test. In the first cycle test, the mean of vocabulary score was 64.68. And in the second cycle test, the mean of vocabulary score was 79.85. Based on diary notes, observation sheet and questionnaire sheet, teaching and learning process had done effectively showed the improvement. Every student was studied actively. And from the research can be concluded that Clustering Technique can improve students’ achievement in vocabulary.

IMPROVING STUDENTS ACHIEVEMENT IN READING COMPREHENSION BY APPLYING THE TABA MODEL

2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Iis Aprianti
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Class Viii ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Thinking Process ◽  
Classroom Action Research ◽  
Data Reading

The objective of this study was to investigate whether the application of Taba model improve the students’ achievement in Reading Comprehension. This study was an classroom action research. The subject of this study was class VIII SMP Negeri 1 Bandar which consisted of 32 students. The study was conducted in two cycles, cycle I consisted of three meetings and cycle II consisted of three meetings. The instruments for collecting data were quantitative data (reading comprehension test) and qualitative data (observation sheert, and questionnaire sheet). Based on reading comprehension scores, students’ score kept improving in every evaluation and based on the observation sheet, and questionnaire sheet it was found that teaching and learning process ran well. Students could enlarge their thinking process. The result of this study showed that the Taba Model improved the students’ achievement in reading comprehension.   Keyword: reading comprehension, taba model, classroom action research.

IMPROVING STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT IN WRITING DESCRIPTIVE PARAGRAPH THROUGH SEMANTIC MAPPING TECHNIQUE

2012 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ridho Sari C. Sitanggang ◽  
Siti Aisah Ginting
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Mapping Technique ◽  
Semantic Mapping ◽  
Test Cycle ◽  
Writing Test ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Classroom Action Research ◽  
Orientation Test

ABSTRACT This study attempts to improve students’ achievement in writing descriptive paragraph through Semantic Mapping Technique. This study was conducted by using classroom action research. The subject of the research was class (IX/A) SMP St. Petrus Medan that consisted of (30) students. The research was conducted in two cycles. The instruments of collecting data were quantitative data (Writing Test) and Qualitative data (diary notes, observation sheet, interview and questionnaire sheet). Based on the data analyzing, it is found that students’ writing descriptive paragraph has improved from the orientation test to the test I and test II of the first and second cycle. It means that there is improvement in students’ writing descriptive paragraph affected by semantic mapping. It can be seen from the improvement of the students’ mean score for orientation test (52,5); test cycle I (62,04); and test cycle II (71,25). The students’ score continuously improved in each test. Therefore, it can be concluded that Semantic Mapping Technique can improve students’ achievement in writing descriptive paragraph.   Keywords: students’ achievement, writing, genre, semantic mapping technique

IMPROVING THE STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION ACHIEVEMENT IN DESCRIPTIVE TEXT THROUGH TEAM GAMES TOURNAMENT

2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Desi Yusnanda Sari And Sri Minda Murni
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Reading Scores ◽  
Team Games ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Classroom Action Research ◽  
Data Reading

This study attempted to improve the students’ reading comprehensionachievement in descriptive text through Team Games Tournament (TGT) method.This study was conducted by using classroom action research. The subject of theresearch was class IX SMP PAB 10 Medan Estate which consisted of 25 students.The research was conducted in two cycles and the first cycle consisted of fourmeetings the second cycle consisted of two meetings. The instruments forcollecting the data were quantitative data (reading evaluation) and qualitative data(diary note, observation sheet and interview sheet). Based on reading scores,students’ score kept improving in every evaluation. In the test I the mean was65,33, in the test II the mean was 71,72 and the test III the mean was 84,54.Basedon diary note, observation sheet and interview sheet, it was found that teachinglearningprocess ran well. Students were active, enthusiastic, and interested inreading. The result of the research showed that Team Games Tournament (TGT)method significantly improved students’ achievement in reading comprehensionespecially in reading descriptive text.

IMPROVING STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT IN WRITING NEWS ITEM TEXT THROUGH COOPERATIVE INTEGRATED READING AND COMPOSITION (CIRC) TECHNIQUE

2013 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Paramita And Rahmah
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
News Item ◽  
Writing Test ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Competence Test

This study focuses on improving students’ achievement in writing News Item text through Cooperative Integrated Reading and Composition (CIRC) Technique. This study was conducted by using classroom action research. The subject of this research was the grade X students of SMA Mitra Inalum. Twenty four students were taken as the sample. The research was conducted in two cycles. First cycle was conducted in four meetings. The second cycle was conducted in two meetings. The instruments for collecting data were quantitative data (writing test) and qualitative data (observation sheet, diary note, and questionnaire sheet). Based on the data analysis, students’ score kept improving in every test. The mean of the students’ score in the first competence test was 38.4, in the second competence test was 75.4 and in the third competence test was 81.9. The result showed that Cooperative Integrated and Reading Composition (CIRC) technique improved students’ achievement in writing news item text.

IMPROVING THE STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT ON WRITING DESCRIPTIVE PARAGRAPHS THROUGH THE APPLICATION OF TEAM PAIR SOLO

2012 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dedi Sanjaya ◽  
Sumarsih Sumarsih
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Key Words ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Test Score ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Writing Test ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Teaching Learning

Abstract This study attempts to improve students’ achievement in writing descriptive paragraphs through the application of Team Pair Solo. This study was conducted by using classroom action research. The subject of the research was class X/A SMA Nurul Ilmi Padangsidempuan that consisted of 32 students. The research was conducted in two cycles and the first cycle consisted of four meetings and the second cycle consisted of two meetings. The instruments of collecting data were quantitative data (Writing Test) and Qualitative data (observation sheet, interview and questionnaire sheet). Based on the writing test score, students’ score kept improving in every test. In the test I the mean was 66,4375, in the test II the mean was 78,125 and the test III the mean was 87,5625. Based on observation sheet and questionnaire sheet, it was found that teaching learning process ran well. Students were active and interest in writing. The result of the research showed that TPS can improve students’ achievement in writing descriptive paragraph. Key Words: Achievement, Descriptive, Paragraph, Team Pair Solo

IMPROVING STUDENTS ACHIEVEMENT IN WRITING NARRATIVE TEXT BY APPLYING SPORE STRATEGY

2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Putri Febrini Sianturi
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Narrative Text ◽  
Writing Test ◽  
The Third ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Classroom Action Research ◽  
Teaching Learning

This study aims to discover the improvement of the students’ achievement in writing narrative text by applying Spore Strategy. The objective of this study is to find out whether the Spore strategy can improve students’ achievement in writing narrative text or not. This study was conducted by using classroom action research. The subject of the research was class XI IPA 2 of SMA Negeri 6 Medan which consists of 34 students. This study applied quantitative and qualitative data. The data of this study were obtained quantitatively through writing test which show that the students score kept improving in every test and qualitatively based on diary notes, observation sheet and interview sheet which show that teaching learning process ran well, the students were active, enthusiastic, and interested in writing. In the first test, the mean score was 56.8. In the second test, the mean score was 67.2, and in the third test the mean score was 81.2.The research findings indicated that Spore Strategy significantly improved students’ achievement in writing narrative text.   Keywords: Writing, Spore Strategy, Test, Data, Classroom Action Research.

IMPROVING STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT IN SPEAKING THROUGH BRAINSTORMING TECHNIQUE

2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Defriyanti Ziraluo And Lince Sihombing
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Speaking Test ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Second Year ◽  
Classroom Action Research ◽  
Orientation Test ◽  
Test Result

The objective of this study is to find out whether Brainstorming Technique can improve students’ Achievement in speaking. This study was conducted by using classroom action research. The subject of this research was the second year students of SMA Swasta Katolik Budi Murni 3 Medan. The research was conducted in two cycles. The first cycle was three meetings and the second cycle was two meetings. The instruments for collecting data used speaking test for quantitative data and used diary notes, questionnaires sheet, interview and observation sheet for qualitative data. Based on the speaking test result, the students’ score kept improving in every test. In orientation test, the mean score was 47,8. In the test of cycle 1 the mean score was 59,2 and the mean score in the test of cycle 2 was 70,1. In line with the data, it was found that the Brainstorming technique can improve students’ speaking achievement.

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