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CHAPTER IV RESEARCH FINDINGS AND DISCUSSIONS
This chapter presents the description of the data, the analysis of the data, the test of hypothesis and the interpretation of the data.
A. The Description of the Data
Since this research using experimental as the research method, the pre-test and the post-test are taken from the experiment and the controlled class. The
experiment class is XI IPA 1 which consists of 29 students and the controlled class is XI IPS 1 which consists of 29 students.
The test that was given to the students is making an effective essay which consists of five paragraphs. The five paragraphs consist of an introductory
paragraph, three body paragraphs, and one concluding or closing paragraph. The assessment used to assess the essay is from Jacob et al. scoring procedures. The
reason why Jacobs et al. scoring procedures used is because it is commonly used by the numerous college-level writing programs. The scoring procedure used is
an analytic scoring. “In the Jacobs et al. scale, scripts are rated on five aspects of writing: content, organization, vocabulary, language use, and mechanics. The
five aspects are differentially weighted to emphasize first content 30 points and next language use 25 points, with organization and vocabulary weighted
equally 20 points and mechanics receiving very little emphasis 5 points.”
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Here is the table of scoring writing skill,
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Sara Cushing Weigle, Assessing Writing. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2002, p.115.
Table 4.1 Table of scoring writing skill
Score Level
Criteria
C ONTENT
- 30-27
EXCELLENT TO VERY GOOD: knowledgeable substantive thorough development thesis
relevant to assigned topic -
26-22 GOOD TO AVERAGE: some knowledge of
subject adequate range limited development of thesis mostly relevant topic, but lacks detail
- 21-17
FAIR TO POOR: limited knowledge of subject little substance inadequate development of topic
- 16-13
VERY POOR: does not show knowledge of subject non-substantive not pertinent OR not enough to
evaluate
OR GANI
ZAT ION
- 20-18
EXCELLENT TO VERY GOOD: fluent expression ideas clearly stated supported succinct well-
organized logical sequencing cohesive -
17-14 GOOD TO AVERAGE: somewhat choppy
loosely organized but main idea stand out limited support logical but incomplete sequencing
- 13-10
FAIR TO POOR: non-fluent ideas confused or disconnected lacks logical sequencing and
development -
9-7 VERY POOR: does not communicate no
organization OR not enough to evaluate
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