BAHASTRA
Vol. 46 No. 2 (2026): BAHASTRA

Comparing students’ text-writing skills in module-based and web-based Student Teams Achievement Division (STAD)

Indriani Nisja (Universitas PGRI Sumatera Barat)
Lira Hayu Afdetis Mana (Universitas PGRI Sumatera Barat)



Article Info

Publish Date
18 Aug 2026

Abstract

Writing instruction in Indonesian language classrooms requires students to develop ideas, organize genre-specific structures, and use appropriate linguistic features across print and digital environments. Previous studies on Student Teams Achievement Division (STAD) have largely examined it as a cooperative-learning intervention, with limited attention to how different instructional media shape writing outcomes within the same STAD framework. This study compared module-based and web-based STAD for tenth-grade students’ writing of observation report, exposition, and anecdote texts. A quantitative quasi-experimental comparative design involved 70 students from two Grade X classes at SMA Negeri 3 Padang, with 35 students in each instructional condition. Students’ texts were assessed using an analytic rubric covering content development, generic structure, and linguistic features. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, Welch’s t test, the Mann–Whitney U test, and effect sizes. The module-based group obtained an overall mean of 76.06 (SD = 6.46), whereas the web-based group achieved 80.85 (SD = 5.61). The overall difference was significant, t(66.69) = 3.31, p = .001, d = .79. Web-based STAD also showed significant advantages in observation report and anecdote writing, whereas the difference in exposition writing was not significant. These findings indicate that instructional-media effects within STAD are genre-sensitive. The study demonstrates that cooperative writing outcomes may depend on the alignment between instructional media and genre-specific writing demands.

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Journal Info

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BAHASTRA

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Subject

Arts Humanities Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

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Bahastra is open access peer review national journal that published an article about the study of Indonesian language and literature education, Indonesian language studies, and Indonesian Literary Studies. Bahastra is providing a platform for the researchers, academicians, professional, ...