The Effect of Snowball Throwing in Teaching Vocabulary at MTS Al Falahiyah Lajer Grobogan in the Academic Year 2022/2023

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to determine and analyze the movement and play behavior of children and adolescents in Penawangan District, Grobogan Regency This research approach is quantitative research. The type of research used in this study is pseudo-experimental research. The population in this study was all grade VIII students at MTs Al Falahiyah Lajer. The technique used in this study was a saturated sampling technique, so the sample used was as many as 58 respondents.  Data collection techniques carried out are pre-test and post-test, documental and questionnaire questionnaires. The Instrument in this study used test instruments, documents, and questionnaires. Data analysis techniques in this study used validity tests, realiability tests, normality tests, homogeneity tests, average similarity tests, paired sample T Test, and Independent Sample T-Test. The study's findings revealed notable variations in students' vocabulary levels before and after being instructed using the snowball-throwing learning method. with a sig value of 0.000 < 0.05, or t-count 22.297 > t-table 2.04523, where the average vocabulary score of students after being taught using the snowball throwing greater than before using the learning paradigm for instruction (81.0 > 54.56). In addition, the snowball throwing learning model is more effective in improving the English vocabulary skills of grade VIII Al Falahiyah Lajer students compared to conventional learning where a Tcalculate value of 5.205 > Ttable 2.00404 and a significance level of 0.000 < 0.05 with the average English vocabulary compared to the traditional learning approach, more pupils use the snowball tossing learning methodology. (81.0 > 64.55).