The effectiveness of using clustering technique towards students? descriptive writing; A Quasi-Experimental Study of the second grade Students at MTs. Nurul Hidayah Jeruk Purut
| Main Author: | Sari Nur'aini |
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| Format: | Bachelors |
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Fakultas Ilmu Tarbiyah dan Keguruan
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Daftar Isi:
- The objective of this study was to see the effectiveness of using clustering technique towards students? descriptive writing. The samples of this study were the second grade students of MTs. Nurul Hidayah Jeruk Purut. They were IIA class as the experimental class and IIB as the controlled class. Each class consisted of 16 students. The method used in this study was a quantitative method. In addition, the design of this study was a quasi-experimental study by using pre-test and post-test control group design. The instrument of this study was a written test, to score the students? descriptive writing on pre-test and post-test the writer used rubric of scoring namely an analytical scoring. The result of this study that there was a positive effect of the result of students? descriptive writing after using the clustering technique. It can be seen from the calculation of tobserved and ttable. The tobserved is higher than ttable, the result of tobserved is 2.78, since the ttable in the degree of significance 5% is 2.04. It shows that the comparison of ttable and tobserved is 2.04 < 2.78. To sum up, t-test is higher than ttable so clustering technique is effective to students? descriptive writing.