THE EFFECT OF APPLYING STUDENT TEAMS ACHIEVEMENT DIVISION METHOD ON STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT IN WRITING
DESCRIPTIVE TEXT
A THESIS
In partial of fulfillment of the Requirements
For the Degree of Sarjana Pendidikan
By:
BOSTON ERWIN SIMBOLON
Reg No: 208321004
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF LANGUAGES AND ARTS STATE UNIVERSITY OF MEDAN
ABSTRACT
Simbolon, Boston Erwin. Registration Number: 208321004. The Effect of Applying Student Teams Achievement Division Method on Students’ Achievement in Writing Descriptive Text.
A Thesis. English and Literature Department, Faculty of Language and Arts, State University of Medan. 2015
This study deals with the applications of Students Teams Achievement Division method on students’ achievement in writing descriptive text. The objective of the study was to find out whether the method significantly affected the students’ achievement in writing descriptive text. This study was conducted to 2015/2016 XI grade of SMA Nila Harapan Sunggal, which consisted of 160 students in four classes. Forty students were taken as the sample by using purposive sampling. The sample was divided into two groups. The first group was experimental group, it was taught by applying STAD method in writing descriptive text, while the second group was control group, that was taught without applying the method. The instrument that was used in this study was a test. Those test were consisted of two test, pre test and post test. The result showed that the reliability of the test was 0,99. Then, after analyzing the data it was found that the value of t-observed was 3,085 with the degree of freedom (df) 38 at the level of significance p(0,05) = 2,002. It means that t-observed is higher than t-table (3,085>2,002). Based on the result, Ha was accepted. It means that this method has a significant effect on students’ achievement in writing descriptive text.
Key words: Descriptive Text, STAD Method, Experimental Research.
TABLE OF CONTENTS A. Background of the Study……….1
B. The Problem of the Study………3
C. The Objective of the Study………..4
D. The Scope of the Study………...4
E. The Significance of the Study………4
CHAPTER II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE A. Theoretical Framework……….6
B. Student’s achievement……….6
C. Writing……….6
1. Concept of Writing………6
2. The Process of Writing………..8
3. Genre in Writing………9
4. Descriptive text………10
5. Social Function of Descriptive text………..10
6. Generic Structure of Descriptive Text...…………..10
7. Grammatical Features of Descriptive text………11
D. Types of Writing……… 11
E. Student Teams Achievement Divisons (STAD)……….15
2. The purpose of STAD……….19
F. Conceptual Framework………20
G. Hypotheses………...22
CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY A. Research Design………23
B. The Population and Sample………..23
C. Technique of Collecting Data………...24
D. Scoring the test………..24
E. Teaching Procedures……….22
F. Post test……….28
G. The Validity and Reliability of the test……….28
1. The validity of the test………29
2. Reliability of the test………..29
H. The technique for Analyzing Data……….30
CHAPTER IV THE DATA AND FINDINGS A. The Data……….31
B. The Data Analysis………..33
1. Reliability of the test………37
C. Testing Hypothesis……….39
D. Finding………...40
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LIST OF APPENDICES
APPENDIX A Lesson Plan………..45
APPENDIX B The Result of Pre Test in Control Group………47
APPENDIX C The Result of Post Test in Control Group………..48
APPENDIX D The Result of Pre Test in Experimental Group………..49
CHAPTER V
CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS
A. Conclusion
After analyzing data, the conclusion of this research is the students’
achievement in writing descriptive text increased by applying Student Teams
Achievement Division (STAD).
The teaching of writing can be very pleasure and motivating if students can
focus their attention to the material of teaching. Focusing the attention of the material
can be applied through methods based on Student Teams Achievement Divisions.
The researchers presence in the classroom made the students feel enjoy and fully
participated in the teaching-learning process, because it can attract or motivate the
students to improve their achievement in doing descriptive writing.
B. Suggestion
In relation to the conclusion, some suggestions are drawn as the following:
teachers:
1. STAD method should be applied in the teaching process. The teaching
process in the class be fun and will motivate learners to explore more
2. Teachers were recommended STAD method to the students in giving
materials especially in writing writing text.
3. When asking students to write, it is recommended that the topic should
be based on the students’ age, interest and levels.
4. The teachers should try to apply any method in the teaching process.
5. STAD should be conducted by teacher because by implementing this
learning it trains students in the developing their critical thinking and
teamwork so that it can improve students creativity.
6. Teacher is suggested to consider students learning motivation.
Other Researchers:
1. The Suggestion for other researcher related to the research of STAD usage for
teaching writing is that researcher is hoped to do research of the usage
another media so it will enrich the media research in improving students’
writing skill and other skill.
2. Based on the research, that using STAD is effective in writing in teaching
learning process. The researcher must find another method, if next time
becomes a teacher, so he can teach very well, so the students enjoy and happy
in classroom.
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