| dc.description.abstract | This research was a classroom action research. It was intended to improve the
grade VIII-B students’ writing achievement and active participation in teaching
learning process. It was conducted at SMP Muhammadiyah 6 Wuluhan which was
chosen by purposive method with the following considerations: (1) the researcher
found the case at this school, (2) it gave benefits for the students and the teachers at
this school because this research gave an input to improve the students’ writing
achievement and the students’ active participation in the teaching learning process,
(3) the school provided the data and the facilities needed for this research, and (4) the
researcher had known the situation and the condition of the teaching learning process
and the characteristics of the grade VIII students in each class. The subjects of the
research were the grade VIII-B students under the consideration that they were low
achievers and could not perform well in learning English. In addition, the data of the
research were taken from the writing test and observation as primary data and the
interview and documentation as supporting data.
The problem of the research were: (1) Can the use of Numbered Heads
Together (NHT) technique improve the grade VIII-B students’ writing skill
achievement at SMP Muhammadiyah 6 Wuluhan?, (2) Can the use of Numbered
Heads Together (NHT) technique improve the grade VIII-B students’ active
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participation in teaching learning process at SMP Muhammadiyah 6 Wuluhan? To
answer these problems, some actions in each cycle were then conducted
collaboratively with the English teacher. The researchers gave four writing exercises
by asking the students to write a narrative text guided by pictures in series by using
Numbered Heads Together (NHT) technique. First, the researchers planned the action
by preparing the material. Second, the researchers formed the students into 9 groups.
Third, the researchers numbered the students from 1 to 4 each group. Fourth, the
researchers posed questions related to the pictures in series. Fifth, the researchers
asked the students to discuss the answers by putting their heads together. The last, the
researchers called the number randomly. The students whose number was called write
the answer on their answer sheet. These actions were continuously done until the
results reached the target requirements of the research those were the students
successfully achieved the target mean score that was 65 points and there were more
than 70% of the students actively participated in the teaching learning process.
In the first cycle, the results of the action could improve the students’ writing
achievement. The mean score improved from 58.08 in writing test before the
implementation of the research to 63.62 in cycle one. However, it could not achieve
the target mean score that was 65. Moreover, the percentage of the students’ active
participation in cycle one was only 37.14 %. Meanwhile, in cycle two, Numbered
Heads Together (NHT) technique could improve the students’ writing achievement,
that was 71.17. Further, the students’ active participation in cycle two was 75.71 %.
These mean that the actions in cycle two were necessary stopped.
The research proved that Numbered Heads Together (NHT) technique could
improve the students’ writing skill achievement. Therefore, the English teacher was
highly recommended to use NHT technique to improve the students’ writing
achievement. It would be more motivating and could create supporting environment
or good learning society by applying NHT technique in doing writing activity. Thus,
it could improve the students’ writing skill achievement and active participation. | en_US |
