Students’ Engagement and Interest in Learning Writing Through Mind Mapping Technique

WAHYU, WAHYU (2017) Students’ Engagement and Interest in Learning Writing Through Mind Mapping Technique. S1 thesis, UNIVERSITAS NEGERI MAKASSAR.

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Abstract

The objective of this research wasto find out whether the use of mind mapping technique is effective or ineffective in improving students’ engagement and interest in learning writing. The researcher employed quantitative method with the quasi-experimental design. The research was conducted to the fourth-semester students of English Study Program at STAIN Watampone. The datawere collected by using observation checklist, writing test, and questionnaire.The data from observation checklist were used to find out students’ behavioral engagement, in this case, students’ participation in experimental group which was taught writing subject through mind mapping technique. The writing test was given twice for both experimental and control group to investigate the students’ writing ability which shows students’ cognitive engagement before and after the treatment was conducted. The data was tabulated and calculated by using SPSS 23 program. Meanwhile, the questionnaire was given to the experimental group to find out students’ interest in learning writing through mind mapping technique. The result showed that the students in the experimental group had a high participation in learning writing through mind mapping technique. The calculation of students’ writing posttest exposed a significant difference between experimental and control group where the students in the experimental group got much higher mean score than in control group. Moreover, independent sample t-test result by using SPSS 23 shows a significant increase in the experimental group over the control group. Besides, the result of the questionnaire indicates that students are highly interested in learning writing through mind mapping technique. It can be concluded that the use of mind mapping technique in learning writing is effective to increase students’ engagement and interest. Moreover, further analysis shows that students’ behavioral engagement is higher than students’ cognitive engagement and students’ expressed interest increases higher than other types of interest due to the technique used which was mind mapping technique. Keywords: Mind mapping technique, Engagement and Interest

Item Type:	Thesis (S1)
Subjects:	PASCASARJANA > BAHASA INGGRIS (S2)
Divisions:	PROGRAM PASCASARJANA
Depositing User:	UPT PERPUSTAKAAN UNM
Date Deposited:	10 Apr 2018 08:12
Last Modified:	10 Apr 2018 08:12
URI:	http://eprints.unm.ac.id/id/eprint/7314

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