Jurnal Pendidikan dan Pembelajaran Khatulistiwa (JPPK)
Vol 4, No 4 (2015): April 2015

MIND-MAPPING AS A TECHNIQUE IN TEACHING WRITING DESCRIPTIVE PARAGRAPH

Puspita, Ni Made Rina (Unknown)
Marbun, Rismaya (Unknown)
., Wardah (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
14 Apr 2015

Abstract

Abstract: The purpose of this research is to know whether the use of mind-mapping technique is effective or not and how significant the effectiveness of the use of mind-mapping on the second grade students of SMP Kristen Kanaan Kubu Raya in academic year 2014/2015. This research was a pre-experimental study. The sample was Class VIII students. The data were collected by administring the pre-test and the post-test. Based on the data, the students’ mean score of pre-test was 56.3 and the students’ mean score of post-test was 76.2. Then the data were analyzed by using Effect Size (ES) formula. The research finding shows that the effect size of the treatment is 1.32 (0.2<ES>0.8). It is categorized as high. It indicates that mind-mapping is highly-effective to teach writing descriptive paragraph on class VII students. Key words: Mind-mapping, pre-experimental study. Abstrak: Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui tingkat keefektifan mind-mapping dalam pengajaran menulis paragraph deskriptif kepada siswa kelas 8 SMP Kristen Kanaan Kubu Raya tahun ajaran 2014/2015. Penelitian ini adalah sebuah penelitian pre experimental. Sampel dalam penelitian ini adalah siswa kelas 8. Data-data diambil dengan menerapkan pre-test and post-test. Berdasarkan dari data, nilai rata-rata siswa pada pre-test adalah 56.3 dan nilai rata-rata siswa pada post-test adalah 76.2. Kemudian data dianalisis dengan menggunakan rumus ES (Effect Size). Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa efek dari penggunaan mind-mapping adalah 1.32 (0.2<ES>0.8>. Hasil ini dikategorikan memiliki efek yang tinggi. Hal ini menandakan bahwa mind-mapping sangat efektif dalam pengajaran menulis paragraf deskriptif kepada siswa kelas 8. Kata kunci: Mind-mapping, penelitian pre-experimental.

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Journal Info

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jpdpb

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Subject

Decision Sciences, Operations Research & Management Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Mathematics Other

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Journal of Pendidikan dan Pembelajaran Khatulistiwa (JPPK) is a peer-reviewed journal which focuses on topics related to education and science in various teaching and learning fields. JPPK invites researchers, lecturers, teachers from various levels such as elementary and secondary levels of ...