THE EFFECT OF USING ROUNDTABLE TECHNIQUE IN COOPERATIVE LEARNING ON THE EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS’ WRITING ACHIEVEMENT AT SMPN 1 WULUHAN - JEMBER

Abstract

The Effect of Using Roundtable Technique in Cooperative Learning on the Eighth Grade Students’ Writing Achievement at SMPN 1 Wuluhan - Jember in the 2014/2015 Academic Year; Yusnita Dwi Retnaningsih, 100210401100; 2014:47 pages; English Education Program, Language and Arts Department, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Jember University.

The research was intended to know whether or not there was a significant effect of using roundtable technique in cooperative learning on the eighth grade students’ writing achievement at SMPN 1 Wuluhan - Jember in the 2014/2015 academic year. The population of this research was all the eighth grade students of SMPN 1 Wuluhan - Jember in the 2014/2015 academic year. The research respondents were determined by using cluster random sampling based on the result of homogeneity analysis. According to the result of homogeneity analysis by using ANOVA formula, the population of the research was homogeneous. Therefore, two classes were chosen as the respondents of the research by lottery. The number of the respondents was 72 students, consisting of 36 students of class VIII-B as the experimental group and 36 students of class VIII-H as the control group. The experimental group was taught writing by using roundtable technique and the control group was taught writing by using direct instruction. The primary data of this research were collected from the students’ scores of writing post test. The writing post test was given to both the experimental and the control groups after the treatment given. Then, the result of the post test was analyzed to find the mean difference of both groups. They were

analyzed by using independent sample t-test formula (SPSS) to know whether or not there was a significant effect of using roundtable technique on the students’ writing achievement. The result of the data analysis by using independent sample t-test formula showed that the value of significant (2 tailed) column of t-test table was 0.035 which was lower than 0.05 (significant level of 5%). It means that the null hypothesis (H ): “there is no significant effect of using roundtable technique in cooperative learning on the eighth grade students’ writing achievement at SMPN 1 Wuluhan - Jember in the 2014/2015 academic year” was rejected. Then, the alternative hypothesis (H 0 ): “there is a significant effect of using roundtable technique in cooperative learning on the eighth grade students’ writing achievement at SMPN 1 Wuluhan - Jember in the 2014/2015 academic year” was accepted. The research showed that there was a significant effect of using roundtable technique in cooperative learning on the eighth grade students’ writing achievement at SMPN 1 Wuluhan - Jember in the 2014/2015 academic year. Therefore, it is recommended that the English teachers to use roundtable technique as an alternative technique in teaching writing to increase the students’ writing achievement.