Improving Students’ Ability in Writing by Using Webbed Learning Method Assisted by Spidergram Media

Abstract

This study deal with the implementation of Webbed Learning Method assisted by Spidergram media to improve students‟ achievement in writing descriptive text. The subject of this research was all students‟ in VIII-3 consisting of 34 students at SMP SWASTA TRIANA MEDAN of 2019/2020 academic years. There were two kinds of data collected in this research, namely quantitative And qualitative data. The quantitative data were taken from the students‟ scores in writing descriptive, while the qualitative ones were obtained from the observations of students‟ activity and teacher‟s performance in learning process. Those data were analyzed quantitatively and qualitatively. The research findings showed that there was an improvement of students‟ scores after applying Webbed learning method assisted by Spidergram media. In Pre-test, the students‟ average score was 50.58 (no one got score more than 80). In Cycle I, the students‟ average score was 75.29 (18 students‟ got score more than 80) and in Cycle II the students‟ average score was 87.05 (34 students‟ got score more than 80). It was also found that the students‟ activities and teacher‟s performance increased; the average percentage of students‟ activity in the learning process was 52.20% in the first cycle and improved well with the average percentage at 75.11% in second cycle. Based on the results from quantitative and qualitative data analysis proved that Webbed learning method assisted by Spidergram media improved the srtudents‟ achievement in writing descriptive text.