scholarly journals Mobile-Assisted Mind Mapping (MAMMAT) as a Tool to Support University Students’ Argumentative Writing

Author(s):  
Rafidah Abd Karim ◽  
Airil Haimi Mohd Adnan ◽  
Abdul Ghani Abu ◽  
Noorzaina Idris ◽  
Izwah Ismail

<p class="0abstract">This study examined the use of a mobile-based technological tool known as Mobile-assisted Mind Mapping Technique (MAMMAT) to support ESL university students’ argumentative writing skills performance. The participants of this study were 45 ESL university students from two lecture groups at a public university campus in Peninsular Malaysia. The study employed a quasi-experimental research design. The experimental group was taught utilizing the MAMMAT whilst the control group was taught utilizing the conventional method. The pre-test and post-test scores were analysed through analysis of covariance (ANCOVA). The analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) results showed that there were statistically significant differences between the groups when test items were measured. As a conclusion, the MAMMAT has supported ESL university students’ argumentative writing skills performance. The study implicates that the use of MAMMAT can support students’ argumentative writing in ESL classroom.</p>

Author(s):  
Wahyu Wahyu

The objective of this research was to find out whether the use of mind mapping technique is effective or ineffective in improving students’ engagement and interest in learning writing. The researcher employed quantitative method with the quasi-experimental design. The research was conducted to the fourth-semester students of English Study Program of IAIN Bone. The data were collected by using observation checklist, writing test, and questionnaire. The data from observation checklist were used to find out students’ behavioral engagement, in this case, students’ participation in experimental group which was taught writing subject through mind mapping technique. The writing test was given twice for both experimental and control group to investigate the students’ writing ability which shows students’ cognitive engagement before and after the treatment was conducted. It can be concluded that the use of mind mapping technique in learning writing is effective to increase students’ engagement and interest. Moreover, further analysis shows that students’ behavioral engagement is higher than students’ cognitive engagement and students’ expressed interest increases higher than other types of interest due to the technique used which was mind mapping technique.


2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ilham ◽  
Muhammad Fauzi Bafadal

This study aims to know whether the use of mind mapping technique in teaching report text effective to improve students’ writing ability at the fifth semester student of English Department FKIP UM Mataram in academic year 2015/2016. This study adopts an experimental research which employed a quasi experimental non-equivalent control group design. The sample in this study is two classes of fifth semester of English Department FKIP UM Mataram. This study uses test as an instrument to collect the data, and the data is collected by giving a pretest and a post-test to both experimental and control groups. To analyze the data, the writer uses t-test statistical formula fo find the significance of mind mapping in teaching writing report text. Overall, it was proven that the data analysis showed the significance improvement of students’ writing ability after the mind mapping technique was applied as a treatment for experimental group, whereas for the control group which given conventional method did not show significance improvement.


2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (0) ◽  
pp. 113-137
Author(s):  
ناهده مجيد ◽  
اياد عيسى

The current study aims to investigate the effect of using Mind Mapping technique on University students' achievement in English drama. The aim of the study is supposed to be achieved through verifying its hypotheses. The sample of the study consists of sixty EFL university students who are distributed equally into two groups, i.e. experimental and control groups. The experimental group has been taught the English drama ''Hamlet'' by using Mind Mapping technique while the control group has been taught the same material by using the traditional method. A posttest has been conducted and applied to the two groups. The required data are collected and analyzed statistically. The obtained results show that the mean scores of students' performance of the experimental group in the post test is better than that of the control group. This means that the investigated technique has a positive effect on university students' performance in English drama.


Author(s):  
Abdul Aziz Rifa'at

The objective of this study was to find out the significant difference in writing achievement between the 11th grade students SMA Al-Amalul Khair Palembang who were taught by Mind Mapping technique and in that of those who were not. The second objective was to find out the improvement of the 11th grade students’ writing score at SMA Al-Amalul Khair Palembang after they were taught using Mind Mapping technique. The Quasi-experimental method through pretest-posttest non-equivalent control group design was used in this study. The population was all of 11th grade natural science students at SMA Al-Amalul Khair Palembang in academic year 2018/2019. The total number of the population was 52 students in which they were divided into two classes as class 11.1 and 11.2. The sample was taken non-randomly. Class 11.1 was chosen as the experimental group and class 11.2 was chosen as the control group. The total number of the sample in the experimental group was 22 students. The test was administered twice as pretest and posttest. The results of the tests were analyzed by using paired sample t-test and independent sample t-test through SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Sciences) program.


2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 17
Author(s):  
Dina Dahliana ◽  
Taufina Taufina ◽  
Silviana Nasrul ◽  
Warlan Sukandar

Abstract. This research is motivated by the low writing skills of poetry. This is characterized by students' poetry writing skills that are not productive, still informative, students are still difficult to express their ideas, and are less attractive to students because they only use one technique. One learning technique that can improve poetry writing skills is mind mapping techniques. Mind mapping is also a learning technique to stimulate students' imagination in generating ideas, recording and summarizing using mind mapping. This study aims to examine the effect of Mind Mapping Technique on Poetry Writing Skills of students in elementary school.This study was an experimental study of Quasi Experimental Design with Nonequivalent Control Group Design. The population in this study were all fifth grade students of class V. Sampling is done by saturated sample technique (total sampling), namely VB class as an experimental class and VA class as a control class. The experimental class consisted of 34 students and the control class consisted of 36 students. The instrument used to determine the effect of mind mapping techniques is observation and documentation. The experimental class was treated by using mind mapping techniques in poetry writing skills while the control class without using mind mapping techniques.Based on the results of the pretest obtained the average value of the experimental class 60 and the average value of the control class 64.2. From the results of the comparison of the two sample classes, there was a difference in value of 3.7, so it can be concluded that there is no significant difference between the two pretest grades, meaning that the two classes have the same initial ability. Next, learning was conducted using mind mapping techniques in the experimental class and learning without mind mapping techniques in the control class. After learning is given then in both classes posttest is conducted. For the experimental class obtained an average value of 82 and for the control class obtained an average value of 77.5. From the results of testing hypotheses with a significant level of 0.05 obtained a significant value of 0,000 because sig. <α, the hypothesis is accepted, so it can be concluded that there is an effect of using mind mapping techniques on students' poetry writing skills in elementary school. Keywords: Mind Mapping Techniques, Writing Skills, Poetry


2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 74-80
Author(s):  
Dina Dahliana

Abstract. This research is motivated by the low writing skills of poetry. This is characterized by students' poetry writing skills that are not productive, still informative, students are still difficult to express their ideas, and are less attractive to students because they only use one technique. One learning technique that can improve poetry writing skills is mind mapping techniques. Mind mapping is also a learning technique to stimulate students' imagination in generating ideas, recording and summarizing using mind mapping. This study aims to examine the effect of Mind Mapping Technique on Poetry Writing Skills of students in elementary school.This study was an experimental study of Quasi Experimental Design with Nonequivalent Control Group Design. The population in this study were all fifth grade students of class V. Sampling is done by saturated sample technique (total sampling), namely VB class as an experimental class and VA class as a control class. The experimental class consisted of 34 students and the control class consisted of 36 students. The instrument used to determine the effect of mind mapping techniques is observation and documentation. The experimental class was treated by using mind mapping techniques in poetry writing skills while the control class without using mind mapping techniques.Based on the results of the pretest obtained the average value of the experimental class 60 and the average value of the control class 64.2. From the results of the comparison of the two sample classes, there was a difference in value of 3.7, so it can be concluded that there is no significant difference between the two pretest grades, meaning that the two classes have the same initial ability. Next, learning was conducted using mind mapping techniques in the experimental class and learning without mind mapping techniques in the control class. After learning is given then in both classes posttest is conducted. For the experimental class obtained an average value of 82 and for the control class obtained an average value of 77.5. From the results of testing hypotheses with a significant level of 0.05 obtained a significant value of 0,000 because sig. α, the hypothesis is accepted, so it can be concluded that there is an effect of using mind mapping techniques on students' poetry writing skills in elementary school. Keywords: Mind Mapping Techniques, Writing Skills, Poetry Abstrak. Penelitian ini dilatar belakangi oleh rendahnya keterampilan menulis puisi. Hal ini ditandai dengan keterampilan menulis puisi siswa belum bersifat produktif, masih bersifat teori informatif, siswa masih sulit untuk menuangkan ide-idenya, dan kurang menarik bagi siswa karena hanya menggunakan satu teknik (ceramah). Salah satu teknik pembelajaran yang dapat meningkatkan keterampilan menulis puisi adalah teknik mind mapping. Mind  mapping  juga merupakan  salah  satu teknik pembelajaran  untuk  merangsang  imajinasi  siswa  dalam  menghasilkan gagasan,  mencatat  dan  meringkas  menggunakan  pemetaan  pikiran. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk meneliti Pengaruh Teknik Mind Mapping terhadap Keterampilan Menulis Puisi siswa di sekolah dasar.Penelitian ini adalah penelitian eksperimen jenis Quasi Experimental Design dengan  rancangan Nonequivalent Control Group Design. Populasi dalam penelitian ini adalah seluruh siswa kelas V semester II. Pengambilan sampel dilakukan dengan teknik sampel jenuh (total sampling) yaitu kelas VB sebagai kelas eksperimen dan kelas VA sebagai kelas kontrol. Kelas eksperimen berjumlah 34 siswa dan kelas kontrol berjumlah 36 siswa. Instrumen yang digunakan untuk mengetahui pengaruh teknik mind mapping adalah observasi dan dokumentasi. Kelas eksperimen diberi perlakuan dengan menggunakan teknik mind mapping dalam keterampilan menulis puisi sedangkan kelas kontrol tanpa menggunakan teknik mind mapping.Berdasarkan hasil pretest diperoleh nilai rata-rata kelas eksperimen 60 dan nilai rata-rata kelas kontrol 64,2. Dari hasil perbandingan kedua kelas sampel tersebut diperoleh perbedaan nilai sebesar 3,7, maka dapat disimpulkan tidak terdapat perbedaan yang signifikan nilai pretest kedua kelas, artinya kedua kelas memiliki kemampuan awal yang sama. Selanjutnya dilakukan pembelajaran yang menggunakan teknik mind mapping pada kelas eksperimen dan pembelajaran tanpa teknik mind mapping pada kelas kontrol. Setelah pembelajaran diberikan kemudian pada kedua kelas dilakukan posttest. Untuk kelas ekperimen diperoleh nilai rata-rata 82 dan untuk kelas kontrol diperoleh nilai rata-rata 77,5. Dari hasil pengujian hipotesis dengan taraf signifikan 0,05 diperoleh nilai signifikan sebesar 0,000 karena sig. α maka hipotesis diterima, sehingga dapat disimpulkan bahwa terdapat pengaruh penggunaan teknik mind mapping terhadap keterampilan menulis puisi siswa di sekolah dasar. Kata Kunci : Teknik Mind Mapping, Keterampilan Menulis, Puisi


2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 162
Author(s):  
Sopian Saori

The research was aimed at finding out the impact of using mind mapping toward students’ reading comprehension. This study was classified as a quasi experimental research design using two intact classes as an experimental and control group. The experimental group was treated using mind-mapping technique, while the control group was subjected to conventional learning technique. The sample of this study was the first year students of Nabi’ Nubu’ Islamic Senior High School. The instrument of this study employed reading test for students in both groups. The reading tests were distributed in the pre-test and post-test. The data analysis used descriptive and inferential statistic. The data were met the normal and homogeneous data. The result of the study showed that the mean scores of the experimental group (71.76) was higher than the control group (60.24) after treatment was given. Thus, the use of mind mapping has a significant effect towards students’ reading comprehension. It indicated that the technique can be an alternative technique to teach reading comprehension.


2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 60
Author(s):  
Karolina Karolina

Reading is considered challenging for high students in which students are not massively exposed to English input. Despite the challenge, the students are required to have good reading ability. One of the most proposing techniques is mind mapping. This research aims to reveal to what extent the mind mapping technique enhances students’ reading achievement. Moreover, the research was quasi-experimental research which involved one experimental groups and one control group. The samples were tenth grade students at SMAN 2 Kuala Kapuas, Central Kalimantan. Moreover, mind mapping technique served as the independent variable; while, students’ achievement in reading served as dependent variable. The findings revealed that the mind mapping technique enhances students’ reading achievement. In other words, it signifies the effectual mind mapping technique in enhancing students’ reading achievement


2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 286-294
Author(s):  
Dina Dahliana

This study aims to examine the Effect of Mind Mapping Techniques on Poetry Writing Skills of students in elementary schools. This research is an experimental research type Quasi Experimental Design with the design of Nonequivalent Control Group Design. Based on the results of the pretest the average value of the experimental class 60 was obtained and the average value of the control class was 64.2. From the results of the comparison of the two sample classes obtained a difference in value of 3.7, it can be concluded that there is no significant difference in the value of the pretest of both classes, meaning that both classes have the same initial ability. Then learning is done using mind mapping techniques in the experimental class and learning without mind mapping techniques in the control class. After learning was given later in both classes posttest was conducted. For the experimental class the average value is 82 and for the control class the average value is 77.5. From the results of testing the hypothesis with a significant level of 0.05 obtained a significant value of 0,000 because of sig. <α, the hypothesis is accepted, so it can be concluded that there is an effect of using mind mapping techniques on students' poetry writing skills in elementary schools. Keywords: Mind Mapping Techniques, Poetry, Writing Skills


2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 108-114
Author(s):  
I Made Wirta

The main objective of the present study is to investigate the effect of implementing innovative learning approaches upon English students’ achievement. The study was quasi experimental study using the post-test only control group design involving 35 students altogether selected using census sampling technique. The instrument which is used to gather data in the study was test. There were two tests used to gather intended data. They were linguistic test and student achievement test. The obtained data were analyzed statistically using descriptive and inferential analysis. The analysis of covariance was conducted to test the hypotheses.


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