THE EFFECT OF USING THE PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING MODEL ON THE ABILITY TO WRITE EXPLANATORY TEXTS FOR GRADE XI STUDENTS OF SMA N 3 LENGAYANG

Abstract

This research was motivated by the following problems. First, students are less interested in writing, especially in writing explanatory texts because writing explanations is very boring. Second, many students do not like to write explanations because students have difficulty in determining themes and titles and difficulty determining the linguistic structure of explanatory texts. This study aims to describe the effect of using the Problem Based Learning model on the ability to write short stories for grade XI students of SMA Negeri 3 Lengayang, South Pesisir Regency. This type of research is quantitative research using experimental models. The population of this study was all grade XI students of SMA Negeri 3 Lengayang, South Pesisir Regency. The sample in this study was 25 grade XI students of SMA Negeri 3 Lengayang, South Pesisir Regency. The data in this study is the score of the ability to write explanatory text before and after using the Problem Based Learning model of grade XI students of SMA Negeri 3 Lengayang. The results of this study can be concluded as follows. First, the ability to write explanatory texts for grade XI students of SMA N 3 Lengayang before using the Problem Based Leraning learning model obtained an average score of 53.33, which is at a mastery level of 46-55% in almost sufficient qualifications (HC). Second, the skill of writing explanatory texts for grade XI students of SMA N 3 Lengayang using the Problem Based Leraning learning model obtained an average score of 82.66, which is at a mastery level of 76-85% in the Good (B) qualification. Third, based on the t-test, it was concluded that there was an influence on the use of the Problem Based Leraning learning model for grade XI students of SMA N 3 Lengayang because of the ttable > calculation (8.03 > 1.71). So it can be concluded that there is an influence of the use of the Problem Based Leraning learning model on the writing skills of explanatory texts of grade XI students of SMA N 3 Lengayang.