The Effect Of Using Clustering Technique On The Students’ Achievement In Writing Assisted By T-Card With Keywords

Abstract

The objective of this research was to find out the effect of Using Clustering Technique on the Students’ Achievement in Writing Assisted by T-Card With Keywords. This research applied experimental research design namely one group pre-test and post-test. The population of this research was taken from the Eight grade students of junior high school in SMP Muhammadiyah 04 Medan Jl. Kapten Muslim Gg. Jawa Lr. Muhammadiyah at academic 2017/2018. The researcher used total sampling. Therefore, the researcher took one classes with total number of sample was 35 students. The researcher was give treatment by clustering technique. The instrument of collecting data is writing test. The data were analyzed by using t-test formula. The mean of pre-test increases after clustering technique from 62.05 to 80.45. The value of the effect was 64%. The result of the data showed that was higher than (7.7>2.03452) with degree of freedom (df) = n-k. The hypothesis was accepted. It proves that Clustering Technique significantly effect to the students’ achievement in writing.