The Influence of Mind Mapping Technique and Students’ Attitude toward Students’ Ability in Writing a Recount Text of the Eighth Grade Students of State Junior High School 45 Palembang

Firmansyah, Arie

RIPTEKSI KEPENDIDIKAN PGRI
RIPTEKSI KEPENDIDIKAN AGUSTUS 2013

AbstractThe Research is title The Influence of mind mapping technique and students’ attitude toward the students’ ability in writing a recount text the First year students of SMPN 45 Palembang. The findings of the study showed that: (1) there was a significant difference in average score of writing a recount text between the positive and negative students’ attitude who were taught using mind mapping technique, indicated by p-output (0.002).(2) there was a significant difference in average score of writing a recount text between the positive and negative students’ attitude who were taught using conventional strategy, indicated by p-output (0.003). (3) there was a significant difference in average score of writing a recount text between the positive students’ attitude who were taught using mind mapping technique and those who were taught using conventional strategy, indicated by p-output (0.000). Therefore, it can be concluded that Mind Mapping Technique improved students’ writing achievement. Keywords: Mind Mapping Technique, Students’ Attitude, Students’ Ability