Based on the Merdeka Belajar curriculum, each school must make quizzes in their learning process to know the students' performance. The purpose of the quiz in learning English is to help the teacher to measure how the students' performance in one material in one subject. Therefore, to overcome the problems, the author suggests to use quiz in the regular schedule to help the teacher to measure how the students' performance in one material.
Quis as a medium to test eight grade students at SMP Negeri 2 Beringin on descriptive text to know students' performance on this material. In this research, the researcher wants to help the teachers to measure the performance of their students in one material and will help the students to know their knowledge of one material. Is there any effect of using QUIZ to increase the performance of students in writing descriptive text in grade eight students at SMP Negeri 2 Beringin?”.
Based on the above identification, the focus of this study is on the effect of the quiz on students' performance in learning English. Practically, this study will provide empirical information on the impact of quizzes on students' proficiency in learning English. Ha: There is a significant effect on students' performance in writing descriptive English learning questions using a quiz.
Ho: There is no significant effect on students' performance in descriptive writing in English learning using quiz.
Writing
Definition of Writing
To do this, people use their brains to form ideas and their hands to make them.
Concepts of Writing Process
In polishing, the writer can check spelling and grammar, check passive sentences, check repeated words, check run-on sentences, check sentence fragments, check slang and mixed formality, and the last one is summary.
Steps of Writing
The reach of readers affects the language used to convey the subject of the writing and the researchers' goals. The process of writing to develop an idea on paper or in writing is known as "prewriting". This exercise helps the author consider the topic, set goals, analyze the audience and readers, prepare the writing, and identify existing knowledge. A writer must be aware that a recipe allows the author to categorize or arrange ideas.
Genre Text
Analytical exposition is a piece of writing intended to convince the audience that a particular statement is true. Factual documents, called news items, tell the reader about current events that are considered newsworthy or significant. Anecdotes are texts that aim to describe a strange or humorous experience.
A narrative is a text that describes events or a process in chronological order over a period of time. A literary style known as "hortorative exposition" is used to convince the reader or listener that something should or should not be so. An explanatory text is a text that explains the procedures involved in the structure or operation of social or cultural systems in nature.
Review is a text that serves the social purpose of criticizing an artistic creation or public event. Commentary is a text that has the processes of socio-cultural phenomena as if it were a natural thing.
Descriptive Text
- Definition of Descriptive Text
- Purpose of Descriptive Text
- General Structure of Descriptive Text
- Language Features of Descriptive Text
- The Assessment of Writing Descriptive
Descriptive text can also be defined as a set of: Sentences that are ideally connected and serve a single function. According to Sipapaga et al. (2022), Descriptive state investigations that attempt to accurately and factually describe phenomena, a subject, or an area. Descriptive means to describe and refer to a specific person, place or thing, details or peculiarities that allow the reader to visualize the description.
The purpose or social function of descriptive text is to describe a person, place, or thing in such a way that an image is created in the reader's mind. This type of text is used to describe people, places, or things in a way that creates an image in the reader's mind. The reader's goal to be able to infer the characteristics of something from the messages of the text.
Amuse: It means when the author writes about the description of an object that can make the reader happy. Inform: means that the author is writing about a description of an object that is unknown to the readers. Persuade: means that the author writes about the description of the subject that can attract the attention of the readers.
It is used to give a general idea about the object we want to describe. Description: Describes the intended objects using descriptive details or information about the object, characteristics, appearance, personality, habits, and qualities. Use of Simple Present Tense: Because descriptive text tells the fact of the object described.
According to Halim et al., (2019), there are five aspects that will be a specific purpose of scoring.
Previous Study
The other previous study according to Sakkir et al., (2022) hypothesized that quizzes are useful tools to enhance learning and consolidate what has been taught. Quizzes and student participation in the classroom go hand in hand, and quizzes can be beneficial in a variety of ways, including motivating students to participate in class. The result of this study is that quizzes provide good roles that are appropriate for students because feedback occurs independently after students answer each question containing material.
The third previous study based on Bell et al., (2021) stated that by working on a low-stakes quiz in a group, students receive immediate feedback from peers on concepts they do not understand well, allowing them to to fill their knowledge gaps. Working in groups has also been shown to improve relationships between students, promoting a sense of community in the classroom. The fourth previous study is a recent long-term study by Raes et al., (2020) who observed. It was discovered that positive expectations for using quizzes were even higher when students were exposed to technology, both in terms of their initial perceptions and their perceptions after taking a quiz during a lecture.
He especially likes to refer to it at the end of the session as a summary of the course content. The fifth previous study is an observation carried out by Bibi et al., (2020) on a study correlation study habits of students and academic performance. This means that the way a person plans his/her study plan is an important factor in the course of good or poor academic performance.
The result of this study showed a significant difference between the girls' and boys' study habit scores. Girls' hgh scores on the study habits scale also academically support the general idea that girls take their work seriously. In the end, it can be concluded that good study habits or study skills lead to high academic performance and the undesirable study habits cause low performance.
Based on previous studies, this has become an inspiration for researchers in conducting research.
Conceptual Framework
The Effect of Quiz on Students' Performance in Writing Descriptive Text on Grade 8 SMP Negeri 2. The framework or strategy for a study that serves as a direction for data collection and analysis is called a research design. The research objective of this study is to see how quizzes can increase student achievement and help teachers know the progress their students are making in the eighth grade of SMP Negeri 2 Beringin.
Divides the sample into an experimental class and a control class in order to experimentally manipulate the dependent variable. In both control and experimental class, students will be taught through quizzes and without using quizzes to measure their achievement to take a pre-test and post-test in both groups.
Population and Sample .1 Population
Table of Population
Sample
Sampling is the process of selecting a representative sample of the population so that each person has an equal chance of being included. The experimental group will consist of 20 students, and the control group will consist of 20 students.
Table of Sample
The Data Collection Instrument
Procedure of the Research
Pre-Test
Treatment
5 Finally, the author collected all the students' assignments and the teacher reflects on the topic.
Post-Test
The Scoring of Writing in Descriptive Text
By outlining how students are assessed and what tasks they are expected to complete, rubrics help guide and regulate student learning (Trinh, 2020). According to Koswara et al., (2021) there are five aspects that will have a specific purpose in scoring. 1 Content Excellent 27-30 Excellent to very good in terms of knowledge, content, thesis development and applicability to the subject in question.
2 Organization Excellent 18-20 Excellent to very good: well organized, logical sequence and development, fluent expression, ideas well stated/supported.
The Technique of Data Analysis
The Validity of the Test
