The Effect of Clustering Techniques Towards Students' Descriptive Writing Ability

Sihara, Elfa and Prihantoro, Prihantoro and Fauziah, Meli (2024) The Effect of Clustering Techniques Towards Students' Descriptive Writing Ability. Sarjana thesis, Institute Agama Islam Negeri Curup.

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Abstract

The aim of this research is to see the effect of using clustering techniques on students’ ability to write descriptive text. Clustering technique is a strategy that can be used to generate material for a paper. This technique is helpful for people who like to do their thinking in a visual way. In clustering, the writer can use lines, boxes, arrows, and circles to show relationships among the ideas and details that occur to them. The researcher used the Pre-experiment one group pre test and post test design method in this research and the instrument used in this research was a test in the form of instruction to write descriptive text. The population taken in this research was the entire eight grade of SMPN 3 Rejang Lebong with a total of 200 students and a sample of class VIII A with a total of 30 students. The calculation results show that the pre-test mean is 61,73 and the post-test mean is 80,43. Furthermore, the researcher used the t test to see significant differences between the two data, the result showed a significant sig value (2-tailed) of 0,000 < 0, 05, which indicated that the null hypothesis was rejected and the alternative hypothesis was accepted. The results of this research show that the use of clustering techniques is effective on students’ ability to write descriptive text and has a significant effect on eight grade students at SMPN 3 Rejang Lebong. From the research results, it is hoped that the clustering technique can be used in teaching students writing materials. Keywords : Clustering Technique, Writing Ability, Descriptive Text

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