THE EFFECT OF APPLYING GROUP INVESTIGATION
METHOD ON STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT
IN WRITING NARRATIVE TEXT
A THESIS
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for The Degree of Sarjana Pendidikan
By :
ELIA SYAHVITRI
Registration Number : 2101121015
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF LANGUAGES AND ARTS
STATES UNIVERSITY OF MEDAN
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT
First of all, the writer would like to express her deepest gratitude to Allah and Muhammad who inspired the writer to be always strong and patient in completing this thesis which entitled: The Effect of Applying Group Investigation Method on
Students’ Achievement in Writing Narrative Text. This thesis is aimed to fulfill one of the requirements for the degree of Sarjana Pendidikan of the English Department, Faculty of Languages and Arts, State University of Medan (UNIMED).
In completing this thesis, the writer realized that she faced some problems and she had received the academic guidance, suggestions, and comments and got a lot of assistance and moral support from many people. Therefore, the writer would like to express hergratitude and special thanks to:
Prof. Dr. Syawal Gultom, M.Pd., as the Rector of State University
of Medan.
Dr. Isda Pramuniati, M.Hum., as the Dean of Faculty of Languages
and Arts, State University of Medan.
Prof. Dr. Hj. Sumarsih, M.Pd.,as the Head of English Department,
Dra. Meisuri, M.A., the Secretary of English Department, Nora
Ronita Dewi, S.S, M.um., as the Head of English Education Study
Program.
Dr. I Wy Dirgeyasa, M.Hum., her Thesis Advisor.
Prof. Dr. Busmin Gurning, M.Pd., her Academic Advisor.
Drs. Johan Sinulingga, M.Pd., Dr. Rahmad Husein M.Ed as her
Reviewer and Examiner.
All Lecturers of English Department who have taught, guided, and
advised her throughout the academic years.
Mam Euis, as the administration staff of English Department, for her
attention, assistance, and information in completing it.
Rusdi Ramli, SE.as the Headmaster of SMA Panca Budi Medan, for
his permission and opportunities in allowing the writer to do observation and research to collect the data.
Meilina Khairani S.Pd. and Nurhasanah Harahap, S.Pdi. the
English teacher of SMA Panca Budi Medan, for the assistance, guidance, suggestions and commentsin the process of completing this thesis. And all the teachers and students at the school for the good cooperation.
Her beloved parent Syarifuddin and Nurhayani. Her lovely brothers
Yudi Henri, Feri Hariyanto. Her sister Elvita and all her families for
their endless love, pray, inspiration, motivation, mental and everything that they have given to the writer.
Her friendship Reguler Dik. C’ 2010, as her great class for the love
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The writer realizes that this thesis still has the paucity, sheconveniently welcomes anysuggestions, comments critics, and advices that will improve the quality of this thesis. She hopes that this thesis would be useful for those who are read and interested in the field of this study.
Medan, July 2015 The writer,
Elia Syahvitri
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Syahvitri, Elia. 2101121015. The Effect of Applying Group Invetigation Method on Students’ Achievement in Writing Narrative Text. AThesis.Englishand LiteratureDepartment. Faculty of Languages and Arts, State University of Medan, Medan: 2015.
This study was investigated the effects of applying teaching methods on student’s achievement in writing narrative. The population of the research was X grade of SMA Panca Budi Medan, Academic Year 2014/2015. This study was conducted with two groups, experimental and control group. The experimental group was taught by using Group Investigation Method while the control group by using discussion. The instrument of collecting the data was writing tests. The data were analyzed by using t-test formula. The analysis showed that the average scores of the students in the experimental groupwas significantly higher than the average scores of the students in the control groupat the level of significantα= 0.05 with the degree of freedom (df) 42 with t-observed value 3.62 > t-table value 2.018. The result of this study showed that the students’ achievement taught by using group investigation method is higher than those taught by using discussion.
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1. Students’ Achievement WritingNarrative Text ... 6
2. Writing Narrative Text ... 7
a. Communicative Purpose of NarrativeText ... 16
b. Rhetorical Structure of Narrative Text ... 16
c. Grammatical Patterns of Narrative ... 16
6. Cooprative Learning ... 17
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b. The Advantages and Disadvantages of Group
Investigation Method ... 20
8. Discussion Method ... 20
a. The Proceures of Discusion Method ... 21
b. The Advantages and Disadvantages of Discussion Method ... 21
B. Concetual Framework ... 23
C. Hyphotesis ... 24
CHAPTER III THE RESEARCH METHOD ... 25
A. Research Design ... 25
1. Population and Sample ... 26
2. The Instrument for Collecting Data ... 26
3. Assessment Instrument Rubric ... 27
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CHAPTER IV: DATA ANALYSIS ... 38
A. The Data ... 40
B. Reliability Test ... 37
C. Testing Hypothesis ... 41
D. Discussion ... 41
CHAPTER V: CONNCLUSION AND SUGGESTION ... 44
A. Conclusion... 44
B. Suggestion ... 44
REFERENCES ... 45
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Table 1.1 Students’ Accumulated Score of Grade X ... 3
Table 3.1 Research Design ... 25
Table 3.2 Assessment Instruent Rubric ... 27
Table 3.3 Procedure for Experimental Group ... 30
Table 3.4 Procedure for Control Group ... 32
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LIST OF APPENDICES
Appendix A: The Score of Pre-Test and Post-Test By The Students of
Experimental Group ... 48
AppendixB: The score of Pre-Test and Post-Test by the Students of Control Group ... 49
Appendix C: The Reliability of the Test ... 50
Appendix D: Table of t-Distribution ... 52
Appendix E: The calculation of t-test ... 54
Appendix F: Lesson Plan ... 58
44 A. Conclusion
Based on the result of the data analysis and discussion, the researcher
concludes that mean of control and experimental group in the post-test score are
66.82 and 78.77. It means that the mean score of experimental group is higher
than those of control group. The result of calculation of t-test shows that the value
of t-observe 3.62 is higher than value of the t-table (3.62 > 2.018; df=42, α=0.05).
B. Suggestion
As the result of the study, is suggested that :
1. The English teachers apply group investigation method in improving
students’ ability in writing a narrative paragraph by giving much exercise
to the students.
2. The students practicing group investigation method will give you
invaluable benefit because it helps you to concentrate your attention to the
writing which will guide you to write text much better.
3. The researcher should use group investigation method in English writing
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