writing skill of the students in the class were about intermediate to the lower mark.
3.4. Role of the Researcher
In this study, I had purposed to specifically try out a teaching strategy, practice, or approach in order to improve student learning, attitude, or motivation. I identified
the writing problem which gained students, devised.
3.5. Instrument of the Study
The main purpose of this research was to find out the improvement of the student‟s skills in writing descriptive texts using attribute charts strategy. The
instruments that used were; teacher‟s interview sheet, observation sheet, tests, and
students‟ assessment. The details of each instrument were described below:
3.5.1. Interview Sheet
This instrument was intended to find out how the classroom teacher taught about the classroom that was taught using attribute charts in descriptive writing. The
teacher whowas assigned for this interview was Mrs. SitiChalimah. She was being the observer that assessed me during the learning process. I gave the lesson
plan and the interview sheet in the form of rubric. At the end of answering the rubric, the classroom teacher could write the conclusion and suggestions for me.
3.5.2. observation sheet
This instrument was used to observe how each individual motivation during learning process with the use of attribute chart. This observation sheet was
initially filled by the classroom teacher Mrs. Siti Chalimah for her best knowledge of the situation of each individual the classroom. Then, for the next cycles of
research I will be assisted with an observer, Sri Lestari. The observation sheet for each observer was in the same form, it was rubric form. The processes observed
were responding, willingness, activeness, contribution and enthusiasm in doing the assignments and tasks in the class. From the initial observation that was made
by the classroom teacher, the students‟ motivation was 17 points of total points, 20.
3.5.3. assessments and tests
There were two assessments that researcher gave to find out the students‟ improvement of writing the descriptive text both individual or group assessment.
Besides, to find out the students‟ improvement, I also assessed the cooperativeness of each student in group Assessment.
A test is a method of measuring a person‟s ability, knowledge, or performance in a given domain Brown in Prasetya, 2012:37. I conducted three
tests during the research, such as: pre-test, cycle 1 test, and post-test. The detailed explanation of each test would be elaborated below:
1 Pre-test
there were two tests that researcher g ave to find out the students‟ initial
knowledge of descriptive text. The first pre-test was in the form of cloze test, its test assessed the linguistic competencies of students in using
adjectives. There were forty eight items that students should fulfill. And the second pre-test was writing test, the students were given the narration
and the data in the attribute chart, and they should write the description of the people with the words that written in the attribute chart.
2 Cycle 1 test
I gave the students cycle 1 test in the form of cloze test. After being taught using the attribute chats in cycle 1, in the end of cycle 1 2
nd
meeting the students met the cycle 1 test. This test was conducted to find out the
students achievement in linguistic competencies.
3 Post test
I gave the students cycle 1 test in the form of the writing test. After being taught using the attribute charts in cycle 2, in the end of cycle 2 the
students met the post-est. This test was the final test that researcher conducted to get the ultimate achievement during taught using attribute
chart.
3.6. Procedure of Collecting Data
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