Improving students’ writing ability through clustering technique at grade X SMK N 1 Padangsidimpuan

Ritonga, Riska Aulina (2017) Improving students’ writing ability through clustering technique at grade X SMK N 1 Padangsidimpuan. Undergraduate thesis, IAIN Padangsidimpuan.

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Abstract

This research is done to solve the students’ problem in writing ability at the grade X SMK N 1 Padangsidimpuan by using Clustering Technique. The problems of this researcher were most of the students have low achievement in writing ability, the students were lack of knowledge in structure and grammar, and the students did not understand how to develop ideas. This research purposed to describe the students’ achievement in writing ability and students’ activities in learning process by using Clustering Technique at grade X SMK N 1 Padangsidimpuan. In order to achieve the purpose of this research, the researcher conducted classroom action research, by implementing the Kemmis and McTaggart design which consisted four steps, they were planning, action, observation, and reflection. In this research, the researcher used two cycles and each cycle consisted of two meetings. In addition, the participants of this research were the class of X Teknik Komputer Jaringan class which consisted of 34 students and also there was collaboration with an English Teacher. Meanwhile, the data were derived among from quantitative (mean score of students’ writing ability test), and qualitative (observation notes and interview). The result of the research show that there is improvement of the students’ writing ability through the implementation of Clustering Technique. The students’ mean score show improvements in all aspects of the writing ability after the implementation of the actions. Students’ mean score in cycle I is 61.91 (17.64%) and students’ mean score in cycle II is 83.23 (94.11%). It indicates that there is a statistical difference between the mean score in cycle I and cycle II. This implies that the implementation of Clustering Technique can give positive effects on improving students’ writing ability at grade X SMK N 1 Padangsidimpuan.

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