The effect of bubble maps on students performance in descriptive writing at the secondary school level
The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of bubble maps on students writingperformance and also to explore their views on the use of bubble maps in writingdescriptive essays at the secondary school level. A mixed method was employed to answertwo research questions and two hypotheses. Qu...
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| Format: | thesis |
| Language: | eng |
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2020
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| Summary: | The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of bubble maps on students writingperformance and also to explore their views on the use of bubble maps in writingdescriptive essays at the secondary school level. A mixed method was employed to answertwo research questions and two hypotheses. Quantitatively a researcher usedquasi-experimental and qualitatively he used a semi structured interview. The study was conductedin a secondary Islamic Boarding School in Indonesia. Fifty students were randomlyselected and assigned to a control group (n=25) and to an experimental group (n=25). Thequantitative data were analysed using t-test and the qualitative data used thematicanalysis as put forward by Braun and Clarke. The t-test result showed that there was a significantdifference in the mean scores for control group (M= 2.0, SD= 4.0) and the experimental group (M=9.6, SD= 4.9) [t (48) = 9.6, p = 0.000]. This indicates that the use of bubble maps improvedstudents performance in descriptive writing. The thematic analysis of the semi-structuredinterviews also showed that the students viewed bubble maps as a helpful tool in generating ideas,arranging ideas, planning the writing, dealing with writing element, creating an enjoyableway, understanding the writing content, and improving their writing performance. In conclusion,this study has revealed that the use of bubble maps improved students performance in writingdescriptive essay. The implication of this study suggested that bubble maps can benefitteachers and students. Teachers can use bubble maps as an instructional tool to teach writing orany subjects and for students the bubble maps can be applied to help them in arranging themain and supporting points in any types of texts. |
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