Abstract:
This is an experimental research which applied descriptive quantitative method.
This study was conducted as an attempt to discover the effect of technical notetaking
procedure on the students’ achievement in writing skill. This research was
conducted at SMP Muhammadiyah 02 Medan, with the population were seventh
grade students. Two classes were taken as the experimental class, consisted of 22
students, and control class consisted of 22 students. By total sampling which then
divided into two groups, namely Experimental group and control group. The
instrument used in this research is writing test. The result showed that the
students’ score of the experimental group were significantly higher than the
students’ score of the control group at the level of significance α = 0,05 with the
degree of freedom (df) is 42 , t test 7.1079 is higher than t table 2.018. In other
word technical note-taking procedure on the students’ achievement in writing skill
has a significant effect on the students’ achievement in writing, so hypothesis
showed that Ho was rejected and Ha was accepted.
