The Use of Students\u27 Team Achievement Division in Teaching Writing Recount Text

摘要

The research was conducted at the eighth grade students of SMP Negeri 6 Pontianak in academic year 2016/2017. This research aimed to investigate whether or not the use of Students Team Achievement Division in teaching writing recount text affects the students\u27writing ability significantly. The method of the research was a pre experimental research with one group pre-test - post-test design. The population of the research was 242 eighth grade students of SMP Negeri 6 Pontianak. The sample of the research was class VIIIA which consisted of 33 students which was taken by using clustering sampling. The data was collected by using measurement technique. The researcher provided the written test as the tool of data collecting on the research. The mean score of the students\u27 pre-test was 36.75 and the mean score of students\u27 post-test was 60.2. Based on the computation, the result of the Effect Size (ES) was 1.58. The effectiveness of the use of Students\u27 Team Achievement Division (STAD) in teaching writing recount text was strong. It was showed that the use of Students\u27 Team Achievement Division in teaching writing recount text was highly effective. The alternative hypothesis of the research was accepted.