THE EFFECTIVENESS OF CLUSTERING TECHNIQUE ON STUDENTS’ WRITINGABILITY IN DESCRIPTIVE TEXT AT EIGHTH GRADE OF SMP PGRI LUMBIR-BANYUMAS

Dr. Siti Hikmah, M.Pd and Ledy Nurlaely, S.Pd, M.Pd.

The aim of this research was to investigate the effectiveness of clustering technique on students‟ writing ability in descriptive text at eighth grade of SMP PGRI Lumbir-Banyumas. The method used in this research was a quantitative method and the research design was a true experimental. The population of this sample was the entire of the eighth grade students‟ of SMP PGRI Lumbir-Banyumas. Students of 8A as the experimental class, whereas students of 8B as the control class. Each class consisted of 20 students. The sample technique of this research was random sampling. The instrument used in this research was a written test on the pre-test and posttest. The data was served by numerical and tested by the statistical formula of the t-test. Based on the calculation of the data, after using clustering technique on students‟ writing ability in descriptive text, the data show is 2.92 while the value of in the significance level 5% is 2.02. Therefore the score of is higher than or 2.92 > 2.02. It means that there is significance effect of clustering technique on students‟ writing ability in descriptive text at eighth grade of SMP PGRI Lumbir-Banyumas.

Keywords: Clustering Technique, Writing, Descriptive Text

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