Abstract:
This research was applied through experimental research in which aimed to
investigate the effect of applying POEW model assisted by Quartet Card on
students’ achievement in writing recount text. This research was conducted at
SMP Muhammadiyah 01 Medan academic year 2019/20120, on Jalan Demak No.
3, Sei Rengas Pertama, Medan Area. There were seven classes of garde VIII in
this school with total number 270 students and there were 2 classes were taken as
the sample. They were 30 students from class VIII-T1 as experimental group
which taught by applying POEW model assisted by Quartet Card and 30 students
from class VIII-T2 as control group which taught by using Lecturing Method. The
Instrument for collecting data was an essay test where students were asked to
write a text based on the picture which use in pre-test and post-test. The material
of test was taken from student’s worksheet book for grade VIII junior high school.
The data were analyzed by using t-test formula. Then, the result shown that tobserve
(4.67) was higher than ttable (2.01) with the degree of freedom (df=58). It means
that the alternative hypothesis (Ha) was accepted. In conclusion, the students’
writing achievement in writing recount text was significantly affected through
applying POEW model assisted by Quartet Card.
