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The students‟ participation in the second meeting of cycle 2 also very enthusiastic. In this meeting, there were 26 students who asked questions, 26
students who answered questions and there were 36 students who responded quite good.
3. Reflecting
The result of test in cycle II showed that the students had successed to get teacher‟s score target. The teacher had been targeted at least 85 of all students
get 75. And the result of post test two in cycle 2, there were 35 students 87.5 who got KKM score at least 75. It was more than 85. The learning activity itself
was more active, effective and efficient. So, the teacher would not continue to conduct next cycle.
4.1.5 The Implementation of Post Cycle
To make sure the teac her of the students‟ writing score result, the teacher
conducted the post test three after all cycle had finished. This test conducted on Tuesday, 30
th
of July 2013 at 10.30 until 11.10. Time to finish the test was 40 minutes. In this test, the teacher monitored actively. It was intended to know each
student‟s ability well. The instruction of the test was same as in the post test before and the theme of test was about pets in their environment. The result of the
test can be seen in the table below:
Table 4.4 Students’ Mean Score in Post Test 3
Total Number of All Students
Total Score of All Students
Mean Score of All Students
40 3280
82
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Based on the table above, the mean score was 82. In the post test 3, the highest score was 87 and the lowest score was 73. There were 17 students who got
score around 85, 18 students who got score around 80 and there were 5 students who got score under 75.
4.2 Discussion
This section is discussion of the research that has been presented in the result section. In this section, the researcher only discussed the
students‟ writing score improvement from pre cycle to post cycle.
4.2.1 The Improvement of Students’ Writing Score
The implementation of MMS to improve students‟ descriptive writing
ability can reached successful. The mean score of post test in cycle one was 73.65 and the score of post test three in post cycle was 82. So, the students‟ score
percentage from cycle one to post cycle was improved arround 8.35. It improved from 73.65 to 82.
On pre cycle stage, the teacher conducted pre test before the treatement in teaching learning process. The
students‟ mean score in pre test was 51.92 or it can be said less than acquisition of the minimum success criteria KKM at least 75.
In thist test, only one student who got score at least 75 and passed the KKM. When cycle I was conducted, the teacher used Mind Mapping Strategy
MMS as a strategy to help the students‟ problem in writing descriptive because according to Buzan 2004:34, mind map give you control over all the information
relating to the problem, in a secure and stable framework, showing you the „big pictures‟ as well as the details, so allowing you to address the problem in a
