The Implementation Of Jurisprudential Inquiry Method To Improve The Students’ Achievement In Writing Argumentative Paragraph At SMA Perguruan Gajah Mada Medan

Abstract

The study was aimed to find out the improvement of students’ achievement in writing argumentative paragraph. This study applied classroom action research design. It was done through planning, action, observation, and reflection. The location of the research was SMA Perguruan Gajah Mada Medan Jl. H.M. Said Medan. The subject of this research was the eleven grade students which consisted of 25 students. Based on the writing argumentative paragraph score, students’ score keep improving in every test. In the pre-test the mean score was 56.4%, in the first cycle test the mean score was 71.4% and the second cycle the mean score was 94.52%. The improvement also can be seen from the percentage of the students’ writing argumentative paragraph, in pre-test 22.22% students’ got point more than 75. In the first cycle test 40% students’ got point more than 75, in the second cycle test 100% students got point more than 75. It means that teaching writing argumentative paragraph through jurisprudential inquiry method can improved the students’ achievement in writing argumentative paragraph.