@phdthesis{UNY8274,
            year = {2012},
           month = {July},
           title = {THE EFFECT OF PICTURE SERIES ON THE WRITING ABILITY OF GRADE EIGHT STUDENTS OF SMP NEGERI 1 KALASAN, SLEMAN IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2011/2012},
          school = {UNIVERSITAS NEGERI YOGYAKARTA},
          author = {WIJAYANTI IRA },
        abstract = {The objective of this study is to find out whether there is a significant
difference in the writing ability among the grade eight students of SMPN 1
Kalasan who are taught by using picture series and those who are taught without
using picture series as media.
This study involved 72 students which are divided into two groups: class
VIIID (36 students) as the experimental group, and class VIIIB (36 students) as
the control group. The data were obtained by means of two essay writing tests.
They were administered to the two groups as the pre-test and the post-test. The
pre-test was given to both groups before the treatment and the post-test was at the
end of the treatment. The data were analyzed by means of descriptive and
inferential statistics. The hypothesis was tested using the analysis of covariance.
The results show a significant difference in the writing ability between the
grade eight students who are taught by using picture series and those who are
taught without using picture series in reference to the students? mean scores. The
mean score of experimental group is 20.33 and that of the control group is 15.17
With the employment of Ancova, the value of to is higher than tt. The result of
the study shows that there is a significant difference in the writing ability between
students who are taught by using picture series and those who are taught without
using picture series.},
             url = {http://eprints.uny.ac.id/8274/}
}