4.1.3.2 The Control Class
The treatment was conducted on May 13, 14
,
and 20 2011 for the class VIII B as
the control group. This class is consist 25 students. The students were taught using conventional technique to improve their reading comprehension. Below is the
table of each meeting.
Table 4.2 List of Control Class Activities
No Activities Materials
Time 1
First Treatment The students were given
the definition of narrative text, past
tense, structure. It was held on
May 13, 2011
2 Second Treatment
Student was given an example of narrative
text It was held on
May 14, 2011
3 Third Treatment
Students had to write a narrative text based on
their own sentences.
It was held on May 20, 2011
4.1.4 Post-test
After conducting the experimental treatment, the writer conducted the post-test. The aim of conducting post-test was to know the result of the students’
achievement after the treatments. The post-test was conducted on Tuesday, May 41
21, 2011 for class VIII C and VIII B. The data of post-test were analyzed to see
whether there was significant difference of students’ result in writing achievement
between those who were taught using the treatments and without that.
4.2 Significant Difference between Two Means
In this section, it determined the different effectiveness of treatment given to both groups, which was reflected on the means gathered. t-test formula would be
applied to count the difference. The value of the t-test is calculated and the result of the calculation that shows the significance different is attached in the
appendices. There are three steps in computing the statistical analysis. First is
calculating the mean scores of the experimental and the control groups. Second is calculating the deviation of each group and finally applying the t-test formula.
For the first step, the writer tried to find the increase of the score in control group between pre-test and post-test.
Table 4.3 The table of control group
CODE PRE TEST
POST TEST IMPROVEMENTy
y
2
C-01 61 68
7 49 C-02 58
71 13 169
C-03 70 78
8 64 C-04 63
68 5 25
C-05 65 71
6 36
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