IMPROVING THE EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS’ RECOUNT WRITING ACHIEVEMENT BY USING MIND MAPPING TECHNIQUE AT SMPN 1 BANGSALSARI IN THE 2012/2013 ACADEMIC YEAR

Abstract

achievement test in cycle 1 showed that the mean score of the students‟ writing test was 69 in Cycle 1. There was 57.14% of the 35 students who got score 75. The result indicated that the students writing test in Cycle 1 were still under the target score. Therefore, it was necessary to be continued to Cycle 2 by revising some necessary aspects related to the use of Mind Mapping Technique in the teaching learning process of recount writing. They cover: (1) giving clearer and simpler explanation to the students about how to tell the chronological of the events in order, (2) giving clearer and simpler explanations about how to compose sentences grammatically in a paragraph, (3) using louder voice and clearer articulation in giving explanation to the students in order that all of the students especially the students in the back row understand and paid attention on the researcher explanation. In Cycle 2, the result of the students‟ active participation was 65.71% in the first meeting, and then it increased up to 80% in the second meeting. Meanwhile, the result of the students‟ writing achievement test in Cycle 2 showed that the mean score of the students‟ writing test was 79. There was 77.14% of the 35 students who got score 75. It means that both the students‟ writing test and the students‟ active participation in Cycle 2 achieved the target percentage of this research. Based on the above results, the actions in Cycle 2 had achieved the success criteria in this classroom action research. Therefore, it can be concluded that the use of Mind Mapping Technique could improve the eighth grade students‟ recount writing achievement and active participation at SMPN 1 Bangsalsari in the 2012/2013 academic Year.