CD Skripsi
The Effect Of Concept Mapping On The Ability Of The First Year Students Of SMPN 14 Pekanbaru In Writing Descriptive Texts
The objective of this research was to find out whether there is a
significant effect of concept mapping on the students’ ability of SMPN 14 Pekanbaru in
writing descriptive texts. This is a pre-experimental research with one group pre-test
post-test design. In conducting this research, a single group was selected to be a sample
by using cluster random sampling. There were 36 students as the sample. A writing test
was used both in pre and post-test. In order to know the difference between pre-test and
post-test and to analyze the hypotheses, t-test formula was used. After analyzing the
data, it was found that t-test score was 7.779 while t-table score in significance level
5% df= 34 was 2.032. Since t-test was higher than t-table, it can be concluded that
alternative hypothesis was accepted. It can be further understood that “there is a
significant effect of concept mapping on the students’ ability of SMPN 14 Pekanbaru in
writing descriptive texts”. Based on the research findings, it is suggested that concept
mapping can help the students to improve their writing ability especially in writing
descriptive text.
Key Words: Effect, Concept Mapping, Writing Ability, Descriptive Text
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