The Implementation of the Research

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CHAPTER IV THE RESULTS OF THE RESEARCH

This chapter presents the result of the research which is administered to investigate the effectiveness of Collaborative Writing method in teaching writing skill viewed from students‟ creativity. The discussion includes the implementation of the research, research design, prerequisite test, hypothesis test, discussion of the result.

A. The Implementation of the Research

In the treatment, two teaching writing methods were implemented. The Collaborative Writing method was implemented on the experimental group, and the Direct Instruction method was implemented on the control group. At first, the researcher conducted the treatment in ten meetings. Finally, after having treatment, both groups were post-tested. The lesson plan used for both experimental group and control group were designed by the researcher. Both groups had the same materials, referring to the catalog used in STAIN Jurai Siwo. In Development the material, the researcher used some topics in descriptive text attached in the lesson plan, such as: My weekend, My Idol, My favorite food, My favorite place, My Ideal Bedroom, What Happens to Your Body When You are Nervous, The Shoes that You are Wearing Today, A Pet that You Would Like to Have, Describe Your Family Portrait that You Have at Your Home, Your Hometown. The researcher implemented the commit to user 81 Collaborative Writing method in the experimental group and the Direct Instruction method in the control group. Since the Collaborative Writing method seems new for the experimental group, the treatment in the experimental group was conducted in the following stages: modeling, guiding, and practicing. In the modeling stage, the researcher will demonstrate how the Collaborative Writing method works. Then, the researcher taught the students each strategy in the Collaborative Writing method and model them how to use them in learning. In the guiding stage, students are asked to be in groups of five. The researcher guided the students how to use them correctly. In the practicing stages, the researcher asked students to practice the Collaborative Writing method independently. Due to the syllabus employed in STAIN Jurai Siwo consists of the variety text that used in the classroom. Therefore, in this research, the researcher focuses on the descriptive text only in ten meetings. The schedule for experimental group and control group is as follow: Table 4.1 Schedule for Experimental Group Meeting Experimental group I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI Modeling Guiding Practicing Practicing Practicing Practicing Practicing Practicing Practicing Practicing Posttest commit to user 82 Table 4.2 Schedule for Control Group Meeting Control group I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI Direct Instruction method Direct Instruction method Direct Instruction method Direct Instruction method Direct Instruction method Direct Instruction method Direct Instruction method Direct Instruction method Direct Instruction method Direct Instruction method Posttest

B. Data Description