Agung Setyawan , 2201413121 (2019) THE EFFECTIVENESS OF NOUGHTS AND CROSSES GAME IN IMPROVING STUDENT’S SKILL IN WRITING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT An Experimental Research of the Eighth-Grade Students of SMP Negeri 1 Mungkid Magelang. Under Graduates thesis, UNNES.

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Abstract

This research focused on investigating the effectiveness of Noughts and Crosses Game as medium to teach descriptive text for eighth-grade students of SMP Negeri 1 Mungkid, Magelang in the Academic Year of 2017/2018. The aim of this research are (1) to find out students’ responses towards Noughts and Crosses Game in writing descriptive text, (2) to find out whether or not there is a significant difference in the achievement between the students who were taught using Noughts and Crosses Game and those who were taught conventionally. To achieve the objectives, I conducted true experimental design. The population of the research was the students of SMP Negeri 1 Mungkid, Magelang in the Academic Year of 2017/2018. The sample of this research was taken using purposive sampling technique that are VIII F as experimental group and VIII G as control group. VIII F was taught by using Noughts and Crosses Game, while VIII G was taught by using conventional method. The formula used to analyze the data was t-test. It was used to determine whether or not there is a significant difference between students’ score in experimental group and students’ score in control group. The result of the calculation using the t-test showed that t(24) was 10.556 and sig. (2-tailed) was 0.000 for α = 5%. Because 0.000 < 0.05, it proved that there is a significant difference in the achievement between the students who are taught by using Noughts and Crosses Game and those who are taught using conventional method. The students’ responses toward Noughts and Crosses Game in writing descriptive text is shown from the questionnaire given to the students in the experimental group after post-test. It was found that 95.3% students answered “yes” (agree about the positive of Noughts and Crosses Game in writing descriptive text). It can be concluded that most of the students agree that Noughts and Crosses Game can help students improve their skill in writing descriptive text

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