The Effect of Cooperative Learning and Thinking Ability toward Writing Skill of Exposition Paragraph

Etik Etik,Ninuk Lustyantie,Emzir Emzir

doi:10.35307/saltel.v3i2.50

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of Numbered Head Together (NHT) type and Cooperative Script (CS) type of cooperative learning (creative and critical thinking ability) toward the skill of writing exposition paragraph to the second-semester students of Indonesian Language and Literature Education Study Program, University of Cokroaminoto. This study employed the quantitative research approach of the experimental method with a 2x2 factorial design. The test results of the exposition paragraph writing and the thinking ability were analyzed by using a two-way ANOVA design with 0.05 of the significance level. The sample of this study used the multi-stage random sampling technique for 68 students. The result of this research found that students could have high scores in writing exposition paragraphs if teachers employed the cooperative learning model of NHT type so that they could possess the critical thinking ability. The students who had high critical thinking skills got better scores in writing. Conversely, the students who had low critical thinking skills got lower scores in writing.

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None Corresponding Author: Etik, Doctoral Program in Faculty Language Education of Jakarta State University, etik_pb15s3@mahasiswa.unj.ac.id. One of those four language skills that must be thought by the teacher is writing skills
Enre (1988:13) defines that writing is a process of thinking systematically
While Enre (1988:13) defines that writing is a process of thinking systematically so that what is being written can be understood

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One of those four language skills that must be thought by the teacher is writing skills. It has always an important place in most English language courses. One of the reasons is that more people need to learn writing for academic purposes. To write well people must have good capabilities in writing. People who want to write an essay or story must know the steps in writing. Enre (1988:13) defines that writing is a process of thinking systematically. There is a correlation between thinking and writing because when we are writing something we must think of what we want to write. Brown (2001) mentions “Writing is a thinking process” 336), that is, writers produce a final written product after going through the thinking process Brown (2001) mentions “Writing is a thinking process” (p. 336), that is, writers produce a final written product after going through the thinking process

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