Improving students' writing ability using instructional scaffolding at the eighth grade of Candra Jaya junior high school west Jakarta.

marnat; dr. santi chairani djonhar, m.a., abd. rahhman ghani;

This thesis was aimed at improving the students’ writing ability by using
instructional scaffolding at the eighth grade of Candra Jaya Junior High School
West Jakarta.
The subjects of the study were 40 students in eight grade of Candra Jaya
Junior High School. This study used Classroom Action Research (CAR), and it
was conducted in three cycles, each of which consisted of planning, action,
observing and reflecting. The data of the study were taken from the questionnaire,
observation, interview and the students’ final product on writing descriptive text.
Data analysis technique used were descriptive analysis both qualitative and
quantitative. Qualitative analysis used for qualitative data such as questionnaire,
interview, observation, and documentation, while quantitative analysis used for
quantitative data obtained from the students’ final product on writing descriptive
text.
The result showed that the implementation of instructional scaffolding
gave the positive effect toward the improvement of students ‘ writing ability. It
was based on the enthusiastic and the active participation of the students in the
process of teaching and learning, and also the result of students’ test on writing
descriptive text from pre-cycle with the mean was 59.00 increase at the end of
cycle III became 70.13.