The Effect of Using Mind Mapping Technique in Writing Descriptive Text at the First Year Students of SMA Negeri 4 Pematangsiantar

Abstract

This research aims to find out the effect of using Mind Mapping Technique in Writing Descriptive Text. It is conducted to the students at the first year of SMA Negeri 4 Pematangsiantar. In collecting the data the researcher asked the students to write Descriptive text by giving Descriptive essay test as the instrument. This way is done after applying Mind Mapping to experiment class and conventional technique in control class. After analyzing the data the researcher found the finding that Mind Mapping Technique is effectivein teaching writing Descriptive text rather than conventional technique. It is proved that the highest score in Pre-test is 70 and the lowest score is 45. In Post-test the highest score is 85 and the lowest score is 65.The total score for Pre-test is 1794, and the total scores for Post-test is 2217. Standard deviation is 8.22. Mean score in Pre-test is 59.8 and the scores of mean in Post-test is 73.9. While the students‟ scores in conventional method are as follows: the highest score in Pre-test is 67 andthe lowest score is 40. In Post-test the highest score is 79 and the lowest score is 60. The total score for Pre-test is 1685 and the total scores for Post-test is 2133. Standard Deviation is 5.82. And the last scores of mean in the Pre-test is 56.1 and the scores of mean for Post-test is 71.1. These scores indicate that using Mind Mapping Technique in teaching descriptive text is significant.