THE EFFECTIVENESS OF CLUSTERING TECHNIQUES ON STUDENTS' WRITING ABILITY OF DESCRIPTIVE TEXT

Restika, Yesa (2022) THE EFFECTIVENESS OF CLUSTERING TECHNIQUES ON STUDENTS' WRITING ABILITY OF DESCRIPTIVE TEXT. Diploma thesis, UIN Fatmawati Sukarno Bengkulu.

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Abstract

This study aims to determine the effect of using clustering techniques on improving the ability to write descriptive texts. The subjects in this study were students‟ of class X MAS PP Hidayatul Qomariyah Bengkulu in the 2021/2022 academic year. The method used in this study is a quantitative method with a Quasi Experiment Time Series design. The sample of this study was 25 students‟ of class X MAS PP Hidayatul Qomariyah Bengkulu. The data collection technique are by doing a writing test and documentation. The results showed that there was an increase in student‟ achievement after being given treatment using the clustering technique in writing descriptive text. The average value of the pre-test was 55.28 and the average value of the post-test was 78.24. This means that the average value of the initial and final tests increased by 22.96. Thus, it can be seen that there is a significant increase in the average student writing test scores between before and after being given treatment. The effect of the clustering technique is to improve students' writing descriptive text skills which can be seen from the difference in the average student‟ test results where the pre-test and post-test scores increase by 22.96. The final test score is a students‟ ability to write descriptive text which is then calculated. by using the t-test formula. Based on the pared sample t-test, the value of sig. (2-tailed) = 0.000 <0.05 means that Ha (alternative hypothesis) was accepted and Ho (null hypothesis) was rejected. This means that there is a significant difference on students‟ in the pre-test and post-test scores. It can be concluded that there is a significant effect on the clustering technique in improving students‟ writing descriptive text skills.

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