THE EFFECTIVENESS OF DYADIC ESSAY TECHNIQUE IN TEACHING WRITING VIEWED FROM STUDENTS’ CREATIVITY

This article refers to an experimental study on teaching writing using Dyadic Essay Technique at High School in Bojonegoro. Dyadic Essay Technique is a kind of collaborative learning technique. This technique encourage students to actively involvedin the learning process since they have to compose an esay question before they start writing. The objective of this activity is to check students’ understanding about the material. Two samples of the research were X-2 class as control class and X-3 class as experimental class. Each class consists of 30 students. In collecting the data, several steps were applied: (1) tried out creativity test to non-sample class; (2) held creativity test; (3) implemented teaching techniques to control and experimental class; (4) conducted post-test; (5) analyzed students’ writing. The data were gained from students’ creativity test and students’ writing test. Meanwhile, the data were analyzed by ANOVA and Tukey Test.The result of the research were; (1) students who are taught by using Dyadic Essay Technique have better writing skills than by using Mind MappingTechnique. It means that the implementation of Dyadic Essay technique is more effective than Mind Mapping Technique; (2) students who have high creativity have better writing skill than students who have low creativity; (3) there is an interaction between teaching techniques and students’ creativity in teaching writing for tenth grade of SMAN 1 Bojonegoro