The Effectiveness of Clustering and Brainstorming Technique to Improve the Ability in Writing Narrative Text of 8th Grade Students of MTS Muhammadiyah 03 Kunduran Blora
Keywords:
Writing Skills, Narrative Text, Clustering and Brainstorming TechniqueAbstract
The objectives of the study are: (1) To find out the writing ability in Narrative text of the students taught using Clustering Technique. (2) To find out the writing ability in Narrative text of the students taught using Brainstorming Technique. (3) To find out whether or not there is a significant difference in of the writing ability in Narrative Text between the students taught using Clustering Technique and those taught using Brainstorming technique. This final project used quantitative research. the population of this research was the tenth8 grade students of MTs Muhammadiyah 03 Kunduran . the writer took VII A as control class that consist of 23 Students, and one class was divided into 2 groups of clustering (12 students) and brainstorming (11 students) In this research using statistics for analyze data statistical formulas, specification SPSS 27.0.The research found that the means for The processed data in Table 4.17 reveals notable differences in post-test scores between clustering and brainstorming techniques. In the clustering technique, the lowest score is 70, with an average score of 83.33. On the other hand, the brainstorming technique yields a lowest score of 60 and an average score of 68.18. These findings indicate that the clustering technique has been more effective in improving students' narrative writing abilities compared to the brainstorming technique.
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