THE USE OF THE POWER OF TWO STRATEGY OF LEARNING TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’ SKILLS IN WRITING PROCEDURE TEXT

Sholekah, Sholekah (2019) THE USE OF THE POWER OF TWO STRATEGY OF LEARNING TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’ SKILLS IN WRITING PROCEDURE TEXT. Other thesis, IAIN SALATIGA.

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Abstract

The objectives of the study are: To find out the implementation of the Power of Two Strategy of Learning in writing procedure text and to find how is the improvement students‟ skills in writing by using the Power of Two strategy of learning for the ninth grade students of SMPN 2 Bayat, Klaten in the academic year of 2018/2019. The methodology of research is Classroom Action Research (CAR). It is conducted in two cycles and each cycle consists of four steps (planning, acting, observing, and reflecting). In the acting implementation there are three activities, those are pre-test, cycle, and post-test. In the cycle I, the first cycle is not successful yet because there were just 25% students who passed the passing grade. Then the researcher conducted the second cycle and it was successful because 87% of students passed the passing grade. The researcher analyzed that students improved their skill in writing procedure text. The writer finds the result of the research was successful. It was shown from the t-test of the first and second cycle which was higher than t-table. The t-table of cycle I is 2.06 and the t-test is 5.17. The mean score of post-test was higher than the mean score of pre-test, (70.75 and 62.08). Meanwhile, the mean score of post-test in the second cycle was higher than the mean score of pre-test (81.83 and 74.41). The score of t-test of cycle II is 7.36. The improvement of students‟ skills in writing was significant. It can be seen from the students‟ who pass the passing grade in two cycles. The passing grade is 75. The students‟ who pass the passing grade of pre-test in the first cycle is 25% and the post-test is 37%. Meanwhile, the pre-test in the second cycle is 70% and post-test 87%. The data showed that the result of the t-test in the first cycle and the second cycle is higher than t-table. It means that the implementation of the Power of Two Strategy is successful to improve students‟ skills in writing procedure text.

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