Abstract:
The objective of this research was to found out the effect of applying problem
based learning to the students’ writing ability in recount text. This research
applied experimental research. The population of the research was taken from the
grade of junior high school and the class VIII grade at SMP Negeri 2
Tanjungbalai jalan Anwar Idris at academic 2019/2020 with the total population
60 students. This research was applied cluster random sampling. This research
used experimental research design namely one group pre- test and post-test.
Therefore the research took one class as the experimental class. The sample was
taken from the class with the total number of sample was 30 students. The
research were given treatment strategy. The instrument of collecting data writing
test which consist of one items. The data were analyzed by using t –test formula.
The result of data showed that Tobserve 7,0 > 17,01 Ttable with the degree of
freedom (df=n-k). The hyphotesis was accepted. It proved applying problem
based learning to the students’ writing ability in recount text at SMP Negeri 2
Tanjungbalai