THE EFFECTIVENESS OFSELF-REGULATED STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT (SRSD) TO TEACH DESCRIPTIVE WRITING

Abstract

Abstract:This research deals with the relationship between Self Regulated Strategy Development with students"™ achievement in writing descriptive text. The purpose of this research is investigate the effectiveness of SRSD with the students"™ descriptive writing achievement. This research involved 35 students of 9A of SMP Negeri 11 Pontianak in academic year 2013/2014. The writer applied pre-experimental study on her research with one class as the sample. Based on the result of the pretest, the students"™ achievement was 52.7 which categorized at poor to average. The pretest was given before the treatment. After having the treatment, the students had the posttest. The result of the students"™ achievement in posttest was 74.8 which categorized as good to excellent. The result of the students"™ interval score of pretest and posttest was 22.1. Then the writer analyzed the significance of the students"™ interval score of pretest and posttest by using the t-test formula.   Based on the result of the data computation, it was obtained that the t-test score was 5.5. It indicated that the t-test result was higher than t-table and the alternative hypothesis is accepted. Based on the result the problem, this thesis answered that SRSD was effective to teach descriptive writing.

Keywords: SRSD, Descriptive Writing

Abstrak:PenelitianiniberhubungandenganpengguanaanSelf Regulated Strategy Development (SRSD) denganpeningkatankemampuansiswadalammenulisteksdeskripsi. Tujuanpenelitianiniadalahuntukmengetahuikeefektifan SRSD dalammeningkatkankemampuansiswadalammenulisteksdeskripsi. Penelitianinimelibatkan 35 siswakelas 9A SMP Negeri 11 Pontianak tahun pelajaran 2013/2014.Penulismenerapkan pre eksperimentalstudidenganmenggunakansampelsatukelas. Berdasarkan rata "“ rata prestest, siswamendapatkan 52.7 yang dikategorikan poor to average dan posttest 74.8. yangdikategorikan good to excellent. Hasildari interval skorsiswauntuk pretest dan posttest adalah 22.1. Kemudianpenulismenganalisis interval skorsiswadenganmenggunakan t-test. Hasilnyaadalah t-test siswamencapai 5.5 yang mengidikasikanbahwa ha diterima. Hasilinimenunjukkan SRSD dapatmembantusiswameningkatkankemampuansiswadalammenulisteksdeskripsi.

Kata Kunci: SRSD, PenulisanTeksDeskripsi