eprintid: 39550
rev_number: 9
eprint_status: archive
userid: 1270
dir: disk0/00/03/95/50
datestamp: 2016-08-12 02:11:26
lastmod: 2019-01-30 10:26:59
status_changed: 2016-08-12 02:11:26
type: thesis
metadata_visibility: show
creators_name: Wahyu Wicaksono, Abdul Rasyiid
creators_id: abdul.rasyiid@gmail.com
title: IMPROVING STUDENTS’ WRITING SKILLS IN DESCRIPTIVE TEXTS THROUGH QUANTUM LEARNING STRATEGY OF GRADE VIII A OF SMP N 5 SLEMAN
ispublished: pub
subjects: E4
divisions: fbs_jurdik_inggris_pend_bahasa_inggris
full_text_status: restricted
keywords: quantum learning strategy, motivation
abstract: This research aimed to improve the writing skills of Grade VIII A students of SMP N 5 Sleman using Quantum Learning Strategy. This research was action research study. The research was conducted in SMP N 5 Sleman from the 22nd of October to the 13th of November 2014. The subjects of the research were 32 students of Grade VIII A at SMP N 5 Sleman in the academic year of 2014/ 2015. The data were collected both qualitatively through observation and interviews and quantitatively through a pre-test and a post-test. The field notes and interview transcripts were analyzed qualitatively using Burns’ model (2010) including assembling the data, coding the data, comparing the data, building meanings and interpretations, and reporting the outcomes. Meanwhile, to build interpretations of the quantitative data, the pre-test and post-test results were analyzed using SPSS Statistics 16.0 to find the difference between the mean scores of the students in both tests. The results showed that the implementation of the Quantum Learning Strategy was effective to improve the students’ writing skills. By using the design and the principles of this strategy, the students showed improvement in all aspects of writing namely content, organization, vocabulary, language use, and mechanics. This strategy also improved the teaching and learning of writing such as classroom interaction, the students’ participation and enthusiasm towards the learning. The findings were also supported by the quantitative data. The mean scores of the students’ writing tests showed improvement from 64.5 to 75.05.
date: 2016-07-28
date_type: published
institution: Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta
department: Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris
thesis_type: skripsi
citation:   Wahyu Wicaksono, Abdul Rasyiid  (2016) IMPROVING STUDENTS’ WRITING SKILLS IN DESCRIPTIVE TEXTS THROUGH QUANTUM LEARNING STRATEGY OF GRADE VIII A OF SMP N 5 SLEMAN.  S1 thesis, Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta.   
document_url: http://eprints.uny.ac.id/39550/1/A%20THESIS.pdf