Eighth Grade Students Of SMPN Research Articles

The Contribution of EFL Students’ Vocabulary Mastery and Motivation to Writing Ability of Eighth-Grade Students at Smpn 5 Denpasar

The ability to compose written messages in words, sentences, texts, and coherent words that readers can understand is known as writing ability. The objectives of this research were first to investigate how much the contribution of vocabulary mastery to writing ability, the second was to investigate how much the contribution of motivation to writing ability, and the third was to investigate how much the contribution of vocabulary mastery and motivation simultaneously to writing ability. This study was designed in the form of correlational research design. The population of this study was the eighth-grade students at SMPN 5 Denpasar. In this study, 149 students served as samples. They were chosen using a proportionate random sampling technique. Test of Multiple choice was for vocabulary mastery, questionnaire was for motivation and test of writing assignment was for writing ability, those were utilized to gather the data for this study. With the use of SPSS 26.0, linear and multiple regression analyses were performed on the data. The findings showed that there was high and significant contribution of vocabulary mastery to writing ability. The contribution of vocabulary mastery to writing ability was 69%, and there was high and significant contribution of motivation to writing ability. The contribution of motivation to writing ability was 70.5%. Moreover, the contribution of vocabulary mastery and motivation simultaneously to writing ability was 79.9%. It indicates that there was high and significant contribution of vocabulary mastery and motivation simultaneously to writing ability of eighth grade students of SMPN 5 Denpasar.

The Effectiveness of Chain Drill Technique in Developing Students' Speaking Skill

This research designed to find out students' speaking skills before and after using the chain drill technique and to find out how the effectiveness of chain drill in developing students' speaking skills at the eighth grade students of SMPN 9 Cilegon. The researcher collected the data from 62 students divided into two classes, one class as the experimental class and another one as the control class, by applying experimental research method. The population is the eighth grade students of SMPN 9 Cilegon, while class VIII-D as the experimental class and class VIII-C as the control class are taken as the sample. Differences in students before being given treatment and the condition of students after being given treatment, namely Based on the explanation above, it can be seen that the results of the post-test in the experimental class experienced a significant increase after being given treatment, seen from the average post test better than the average pre-test is 64.38 < 80,91. The results of the hypothesis, the degree of significance is 5% and 1%. Therefore, to:tt= 4,48>1.67, in degree of significance 5% and to:tt = 4,48>2.38 in degree of significance 1%. Shows that the use of the chain drill technique is effective in developing the speaking skills of students in class VIII-D of SMPN 9 Cilegon.

An Analysis Students’ Problems in Writing Recount Text at The Eighth Grade Students of SMPN 1 Pangkalan Koto Baru

This research is motivated by the low ability of students in writing recount texts at SMAN 2 Kuok. This study aims to determine students' problems in writing recount text in class XI students at SMAN 2 Kuok. This study uses a qualitative research design. Class X SMPN 1 Pangkalan Koto Baru consists of 21 students. The sampling technique used was purposive sampling. The instrument used in this research is a questionnaire. Data were analyzed by describing students' problems in writing recount text based on the results of the questionnaire. the researcher found that students had 4 problems in writing recount text, namely vocabulary, organization, mechanics and grammar. Based on the results of the analysis of the questionnaire, 81% of students had difficulty using grammar while 56.2% of students had difficulty understanding concept of vocabulary.
 Keywords: Writing Problem, Recount Text, Junior High School

Applying Whisper Game in Affecting Vocabulary Mastery at Eighth Grade of Junior High School

This aim of this research was to see the effect of using whisper game towards students’ vocabulary mastery at eighth grade of SMPN 3 Kota Jambi, whether it has significant effect or not. The design of this research was an experimental research that was done in pre-test and post-test. Before getting the sample, the population, VIIIA, VIIIB and VIIIC class, were previously given homogeneity test. After the class population achieving homogenous, the class samples were taken by using cluster random sampling technique. Then, the data of this research was collected by using vocabulary test. Type of the test was matching choice. The implementation of whisper game in teaching vocabulary at eighth grade of SMPN 3 Kota Jambi was conducted to two classes; they were experimental class and control class. The participant of this research was 37 students, there were 19 students in experimental class, and 18 students were in control class. In collecting the data, they were given the same test. The data from the test was analyzed quantitatively by using t-test formula. Based on the calculation of the t-test, the researcher found out that the value of t-test was 2, 3211 and t-table was 1,697 at the degrees of freedom (19 + 18 – 2) = 35, and at the level of confidence was 0.05. Due to the fact that t-test (2, 3211) was higher than t-table (1,697), so the alternative hypothesis (H1) was accepted. There was a significant effect of whisper game technique towards students’ vocabulary mastery at eighth grade students of SMPN 3 Kota Jambi.

THE EFFECT OF FISHBOWL STRATEGY IN SPEAKING ABILITY FOR THE SECOND YEAR STUDENTS OF SMPN 1 TERARA IN THE SCHOOL YEAR 2022-2023

Fishbowl strategy is extremely significant strategy in teaching speaking skill especially English for the language learners. This study focus on finding the effect of fishbowl strategy in teaching speaking ability for the eighth grade students of SMPN 1 Terara in the school year 2023. This study was an experimental research. The population of this study was all the the eighth grade students of SMPN 1 Terara in the school year 2020. The sample of this study was 32 students. In collecting the data, this study used speaking test instrument. Then, to analyze the data this study used descriptive statistic and testing hypothesis. The result of this study found that the mean score of experimental group was 41.2 and for the control group was 40.5. In testing the hypothesis was found that t-test was 2.948 and t-table in significant rank 5% was 2.10 (2.948 > 2.10), those founding means that the hypothesis was accepted. It means that there is an effect of fishbowl strategy toward speaking ability and the students.

The Correlation Between Students’ Vocabulary Mastery and Reading Comprehension at the Eighth-Grade Students of SMPN 2 Sojol

The research aims to determine whether there was a correlation between vocabulary mastery and reading comprehension. The study used a simple random sampling technique, namely, taken 30 students in class VIII B. However, the correlation criterion between 0.60 and 0.80 was considered very high. The researchers concluded that rxy = 0.797 and N 30 at a 5% correlation significance is 0,361. Therefore, based on the Pearson Product Moment formula, compared to the rtable, the study found that rcount higher than rtable (0.361), the average Ho was rejected, and Ha was accepted. To sum up, the final results exhibited a correlation between students' vocabulary mastery and reading comprehension.

IMPLEMENTING COLLABORATIVE STRATEGIC READING (CSR) IN TEACHING READING: AN ACTION RESEARCH

Reading comprehension is the act of understanding and comprehending the text. The readers need to understand and find the meaning of the text. This study was conducted to determine whether Collaborative Strategic Reading could improve the reading comprehension of eighth-grade students at SMPN 2 Denpasar. The subjects of this study were the eighth-grade students of SMPN 2 Denpasar, consisting of 41 students. Classroom action research is used in this study, which consists of two cycles with two sessions; each cycle consists of initial reflection, planning, action, observation, and reflection. The result of the study shows that the mean score for pre-test was 65.75; post-test I was 74.87; and post-test II was 78.41. The researchers also distributed a questionnaire to the students, and the result showed a positive response from the students about implementing Collaborative Strategic Reading. It can be concluded that a collaborative strategy could improve reading comprehension.

CORRELATION BETWEENREADING HABIT AND VOCABULARY MASTERY

The aim of this research is to find out if there is any significant correlation between reading habit and vocabulary mastery of grade eight students at SMPN 2 Lembo Raya. The researchers used correlation research design. The sample of this research was the eighth grade students of SMPN 2 Lembo Raya that consisted of 50 students. The instruments of data collection were questionnaire and vocabulary test. The technique of data analysis used Pearson Product Moment. Based on the data analysis, the result shows that the rxy was -0.077 and the t-obtained was 0.597. It means that there is no significant correlation between reading habit and vocabulary mastery because students’ reading habit has no impact on their vocabulary mastery. The reading habit that they have only in reading Indonesia text books while this research focus on English

The effect of online games on students’ mathematics learning outcomes at SMPN 1 Sintuk Toboh Gadang

The purpose of this study was to see the significant effect of online games on students' mathematics learning outcomes at SMP N 1 Sintuk Toboh Gadang. The approach used in this study is a quantitative approach with the type of correlational research, namely research conducted between two or more variables that aims to find out whether there is a relationship and if there is, how close the relationship is and whether or not the relationship is meaningful. The instrument used in this study was a questionnaire or questionnaire and learning outcomes test used to determine the effect of online games on students' mathematics learning outcomes. The analysis used in this study was simple linear regression analysis. The results showed that: 1. The mathematics learning outcomes of grade VIII SMPN 1 Sintuk Toboh Gadang students who liked to play online games varied widely 2. There was an influence between playing online games on the mathematics learning outcomes of eighth grade students of SMPN 1 Sintuk Toboh Gadang, which was indicated by F count = 47, 85 F table = 4.6 this can also be seen from the regression coefficient value of -0.882. The simple linear regression equation obtained is Y = 184.41-0.6X where Y is the result of learning mathematics and X is the online games variable. The conclusion is that there is a negative effect of online games on students' mathematics learning outcomes in class VIII SMPN 1 Sintuk Toboh Gadang, both up and down and all independent variables (X) have an effect on the dependent variable (Y) of 77.7%.

THE IMPACT OF SAVI TEACHING METHODOLOGY ON STUDENTS’ MOTIVATION TO LEARN MATHEMATICS IN SMPN 2 NAN SABARIS CLASS VIII IN THE 2021/2022 ACADEMIC YEAR

The lack of student interest in learning mathematics and the continued emphasis on the instructor as the primary source of instruction are the driving forces behind this study. Additionally, learning process is frequently carried out using traditional learning methods. This is evident in the learning process, where many students submit assignments late, students are less interested in learning mathematics because the focus is still on the teacher, and the classroom environment is less than ideal because so many students are still involved in their extracurricular activities. Using a somatic, auditory, visual, and intellectual learning approach is one way to solve this issue. There is a considerable impact of the somatic, auditory, visual, and intellectual learning approaches on students' motivation to learn mathematics in class VIII of SMPN 2 Nan Sabaris Academic Year 2021–2022, according to the study's premise. This research is an experimental research with the research design of The Static Group Comparison Design. The population in this study were all eighth grade students of SMPN 2 Nan ​​Sabaris. The data analysis technique used t-test. Based on the results of data analysis obtained tcount = 2.30 and t-table = 1.67 so that tcount > ttable with a confidence level of 0.05 and a P-value of 0.025. Thus, H1 is accepted and Ho is rejected. It can be concluded that "There is a Significant Influence of Somatic, Auditory, Visual and Intellectual Approaches on Students' Mathematics Learning Motivation in Grade VIII of SMPN 2 Nan ​​Sabaris Academic Year 2021/2022".

The Effect of Using Autonomous Learning Model by Duolingo-Assisted to Improve Students’ Vocabulary Mastery at VIII Class of SMPN 3 Buton Tengah

The aim of this study was to find out whether the use of the Autonomous Learning Model by Duolingo-assisted has an effect on increasing the vocabulary mastery of the eighth grade students of SMPN 3 Buteng. Purposive sampling was used to select 29 students in VIII grade class as sample of this research. This study applied a pre-experimental method using one class pretest and posttest. To collect data and information, researchers used tests, distributed questionnaires, and conducted interviews. From the analysis result, the researcher found that the students' average score increased from 60.94 to 86.83. Hypothesis analysis at a significant level of 0.05 showed that the value of Tcount was higher than the value of Ttable (14,662>2,048) so that H0 was rejected and H1 was accepted. This means that the treatment given to students, namely the Autonomous Learning Model assisted by the Duolingo application has an effect to increase vocabulary. Autonomous Learning assisted by the Duolingo application is very appropriate to use in teaching vocabulary because with this learning model students were encouraged to be more independent and responsible in learning English without others help. Duolingo as a learning media made students more interested in learning English because this application is equipped with complete features that make it easier for students to learn vocabulary.

DESKRIPSI KESALAHAN BELAJAR PESERTA DIDIK BERDASARKAN TAHAPAN KASTOLAN PADA MATERI BANGUN RUANG SISI DATAR DI KELAS VIII SMPN 11 PADANG

This study aims to describe (1) the learning errors shown in the mathematics learning process and (2) the learning errors shown in the mathematics learning outcomes of the eighth grade students of SMPN 11 Padang. The source of data in this research is using purposive sampling. Students are grouped into three categories of high, medium, and low learning achievement. Data collection using tests and interviews. The results of the study showed that the errors made by students in solving the problem of building a flat side space were Conceptual Errors and Procedural Errors. The cause of student errors in solving the problem of building a flat side space is influenced by several causes. The causes of conceptual errors include (1) Students do not understand the meaning of the problem, (2) Students are wrong in choosing the formula, and (3) Students cannot apply the formula properly. The causes of procedural errors include (1) Students do not follow the steps in solving problems, (2) Students lack practice in working on questions, and (3) Students are not able to solve problems to a simple stage. Keyword: Build a flat side space, Description, Student learning errors

AN ANALYSIS OF STUDENT DIFFICULTIES IN MASTERING VOCABULARY IN EIGHT GRADE AT SMPN 06 KOTABUMI IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2021 / 2022

Abstract : Vocabulary is an important part of foreign language learning that must be mastered well by students because vocabulary is an important factor that supports students' ability to communicate. Students who experience little vocabulary mastery will have difficulty understanding English lessons. The objectives of the research is describe the difficulties faced by the eighth grade students of SMPN 6 Kotabumi in the 2021/2022 academic year in mastering vocabulary and describe the dominant difficulties in mastering the vocabulary of the eighth grade students of SMPN 6 Kotabumi in the 2021/2022 academic year. The approach used in this research is qualitative and the method used is case study design. The research was conducted in class VIII SMPN 6 Kotabumi. The data sources of this study were eighth grade students. The data collection techniques were interview, and observation. To analyze the data, the researcher used data reduction, data presentation, and drawing conclusions or verification. The results of this study are the difficulties that students face in mastering vocabulary such as: students are not able to pronounce vocabulary correctly and precisely, students have difficulty in distinguishing vocabulary that has the same spelling and pronunciation, students have difficulty and do not understand grammar and students are unable to understand the context of English. The difficulty most often experienced by students is the lack of understanding of the context in English sentences in all aspects, both in pronunciation, spelling, grammar and grammar..

Kemampuan Pemecahan Masalah Matematika ditinjau dari Gaya Belajar Siswa Kelas VIII SMP Negeri 6 Mataram Tahun Pelajaran 2020/2021

This study aimed to describe the mathematical problem solving ability of eighth grade students of SMPN 6 Mataram in terms of visual, auditory and kinesthetic student learning styles. In this study, the writer used design of qualitative-descriptive with a quantitative approach. The instruments used are student learning style questionnaires, problem-solving ability test questions, and interview guidelines. The results of filling out the questionnaire via google form, there are 191 eighth grade students who fill out a questionnaire with details of visual, auditory, and kinesthetic learning styles sequentially are 84, 70, 37. Afterwards, with purposive sampling technique, one class is selected to work on the test questions and 2 students from each learning style to be interviewed. The results of this study are students with visual learning styles have higher problem solving abilities than students with auditory and kinesthetic learning styles at each stage of problem solving. Students with visual learning styles are very good at understanding problems, good at planning, sufficient in the stage of carrying out solutions, and less in the stage of looking back. Students with an auditory learning style are good at understanding problems, sufficient at the stage of planning and implementing solutions, but very less in the stage of looking back. Meanwhile, students with a kinesthetic learning style are very good at understanding the problem, sufficient at the stage of implementing the plan, but very less at the stage of making plans and looking back.

THE EFFECT OF THE USE OF CREATIVE PRODUCTIVE MODEL ON WRITING EXPLANATION TEXT SKILLS OF STUDENTS OF CLASS VIII SMP N 6 SAWAHLUNTO

This research is motivated by the lack of interest of students in writing explanatory texts because these students are not able to distinguish explanatory texts and these students are difficult to determine the structure of explanatory texts. The student is also unable to develop or determine the ideas that will be written into explanatory text. This study aims to examine the students' explanatory text writing skills without and by using the Creative-Productive model and the effect of using the Creative-Productive model on the students' explanatory text writing skills in class VIII SMPN 6 SawahLunto. This type of research is a quantitative study with an experimental method. The design of this study was a posttest only control design. The population in this study, all students of class VIII SMPN 6 SawahLunto, totaling 103 students. The research sample for the control class was 34 students of class VIII 2, the sample for the experimental class of class VIII 1 students. The data in this study were the scores of explanatory text writing skills without using and using the Creative-Productive model. This research can be concluded as follows. First, the skill of writing explanatory texts without using the Creative-Productive model for the control class obtained an average score of 75.24 at the mastery level of 66-75% with Enough (C). Second, the skill of writing explanatory texts using the Creative-Productive model obtained an average score of 79.02 at the mastery level of 76-85% with good qualifications (B). Third, based on the results of the t-test, it can be concluded that there is an effect of using the Creative-Productive model. with tcount ttable (3.00 1.67) on the writing skills of the eighth grade students of SMPN 6 SawahLunto.

Implementation of Inquiry and Group Methods Investigation in PJOK Towards Student’s Participation and Critical Thinking

Physical education is an important part of developing students' interests and talents in schools. Teachers must have a strategy for learners. This research aims to analyze the implementation of the inquiry learning method and group investigation on participation and critical thinking of students. This research was quasi-experiment by using two group pretest-posttest design. The sample in this research were 51 eighth grade students of SMPN 4 Pamekasan. The data collection was carried out using questionnaires and students’ activity assessment sheets. Furthermore, the data analysis was carried out univariate by using the SPSS application. The results of this study in group 1 with the inquiry learning method showed an average increase in student participation by 5%, and critical thinking by 8.8%. Furthermore, the group investigation method in group 2 showed an average increase in student participation by 7.3% and critical thinking by 15.2%.

Pengaruh Problem Based Learning Terhadap Peningkatan Kemampuan Berpikir Kreatif Matematika Siswa Kelas VIII Pada Materi Sistem Persamaan Linear Dua Variabel

The aim of this research is to find out if there is an effect of problem based learning on the improvement of mathematical creative thinking ability of eighth grade students of SMPN 6 Kupang Tengah SATAP on the material of a two-variable linear equation system. This type of research is a pre-experimental research with one group pretest-posttest research design. This research was conducted at SMPN 6 Kupang Tengah SATAP on grade VIII students. The research instrument was in the form of test at the beginning of learning (pre-test) and test after the end of learning activities (post-test). Before using the instrument, validity and reliability tests. Furthermore, data analysis was carried out using normalized N-Gain calculations and through the stages of normality test and hypothesis test. The results showed that there was an increase in the average pre-test and post-test results after giving an experiment with the score 0.34 and the increase also occurred in every indicator of creative thinking ability which is detailed as follows: the score of originality 0.41, fluency 0.4, flexibility 0.21 and elaboration 0.38. Overall, the increase for each indicator of creative thinking is in the medium category, which is 0.35.

Pengaruh Metode Mind Map dengan Media Komik terhadap Minat Baca dan Hasil Belajar Kognitif Siswa

The main problem in learning in formal education (schools) today is the low quality of student learning. One of the factors is the teacher's ability to manage, develop methods and select learning media. In this case the researcher tried to use the mind map method with comic media. This study aims to determine the effect of the mind map method with comic media on reading interest and cognitive learning outcomes of class VIII students in biology science subjects at SMPN 10 Mataram. This type of research is a quasi-experimental. The population in this study were all eighth grade students of SMPN 10 Mataram. This sample was taken using a simple random sampling technique, namely class VIII F as the experimental class and class VIII G as the control class. Data collection in this study was taken by giving pre-test and post-test to the sample class students. Data collection techniques using a reading interest questionnaire and objective tests that have been tested for validity and reliability. Based on the results of the study showed that the students' reading interest obtained an average of 60.54 for the experimental class with a percentage of 75.67%, while the control class was 51.79 with a percentage of 64.74% which indicated that students were included in the interested category, indicating that the reading interest of students who using the mind map method with comic media is higher than the reading interest of students who use conventional methods. Based on the results of the study, it was shown that the pre-test data obtained an average value of 51.03 for the experimental class and 51.55 for the control class. The post-test results showed an average of 77.93 for the experimental class and 68.96 for the control group. The post-test data of the sample class students were analyzed using t-test. Based on the results of data analysis using t-test obtained t count > t table, which is 4.33 > 2.00 at an error level of 5%. This indicates that the mind map method with comic media has an effect on cognitive learning outcomes for class VIII students in biology science subjects. at SMPN 10 Mataram.

ENHANCING THE STUDENTS' WORD LEARNING WITH EXPLICIT INSTRUCTION OF SPECIFIC WORDS AT SMPN 3 PATTALLASSANG

The objective of this research was to find out how explicit instruction increased students' knowledge of certain words and to know out whether there was a significant increase in knowledge of words taught with explicit instructions at SMPN 3 Pattallassang.This research used the Pre-experimental Design as a research design that involves two types of instruments in data collection, namely pretest and posttest. The subject of this research was eighth grade students at SMPN 3 Pattallassang which consist of one class. The object of this research was the eighth grade students. The data was analyzed by significant differences on students' knowledge of specific words before after being taught with explicit instruction.The findings of this study concluded that the used of explicit instruction improved the vocabulary mastery of eighth grade students of SMPN 3 Pattallassang. This was evidenced by the average score of the test, vocabulary in terms of verbs in the pre-test was 54.56 and post-test was 80.32, and the improvement from pre-test to post-test was 47%, the average score of the test in terms of words objects in the pre-test was 52.08 and the post-test was 75.47, and the improvement from pre-test to post-test was 42%, the mean test score in terms of adjectives in pre-test was 56.08 and post-test was 82.64, and the improvement from pre-test to post-test was 48%, the average score students' vocabulary in the pre-test was 54.48 and after the post-test was 79.47 and the improvement from pre-test to post-test was 46%.

USE OF BALINESE FABLE STORYTELLING TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’ SPEAKING SKILL OF EIGHT GRADE STUDENTS OF SMPN 3 SUKAWATI IN ACADEMIC YEAR 2019/2020

Speaking is an important skill because it is assumed that it is how speakers deliver thoughts and feeling. The results of the pre-test showed that most of the students in VIII H of SMPN 3 Sukawati in academic year 2019/2020 faced problem in speaking. In addition, they had difficulty in grammar, pronunciation, fluency, vocabulary and comprehension. Moreover, the objective of this study was to know whether or not speaking skill of the eighth grade students of SMPN 3 Sukawati in academic year 2019/2020 can be improved through Balinese fable storytelling. Thus, to achieve the objective of the study, the researcher conducted a class room action research. The research was done in two cycles and each cycle consisted of two sessions. The research instruments were given in order to collect the data needed. The data were analyzed by comparing the results of the pre-test and post-test which showed there were significant improvements of the subjects’ mean score from the pre-test to post-test. As supporting data, the questionnaire was also administered at the end of the last cycle and the results showed the students’ positive responses on the implementations of Balinese fable storytelling to improve speaking skill. Based on the results of pre-test, post-test and questionnaire, it could be concluded that speaking skill of the eighth grade students of SMPN 3 Sukawati in academic year 2019/2020 can be improved through Balinese fable storytelling.