THE EFFECTIVENESS OF SELF ASSESSMENT ON STUDENT’S ACHIEVEMENT IN WRITING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT AMONG THE 8TH GRADERS AT MTsN 3 TULUNGAGUNG ACADEMIC YEAR 2017/2018

ABSTRACT Haliza Ifvi. Register Student. 1723143062. The Effectiveness Of Self Assessment On Student Achievement In Writing Descriptive Text Among The 8th Graders At Mtsn 3 Tulungagung Academic Year 2017/2018. Thesis. English Education Department. Faculty of Tarbiyah and Teacher Training. State Islamic Institute (IAIN) of Tulungagung. Advisor: Dr. Nurul Chojimah, M. Pd Keywords: Effectiveness, Self Assessment, Writing Achievement. Writing is one of language skills which is very important to be learnt by students. Through this activity, students can improve their own language and experience. Writing achievement became very important, but in act many students are having difficulty in writing. This is a condition where the importance of writing strategies comes in so as to facilitate the writing process and give students a clear sense of what they are writing. Based on explanation above, the writer has the motivation to conduct the research, entitled The Effectiveness Of Self Assessment On Student Achievement In Writing Descriptive Text Among The 8th Graders At Mtsn 3 Tulungagung Academic Year 2017/2018. The formulations of the research problem in this study are: (1) How is the students’ writing achievement before they are taught by using Self Assessment? (2) How is the students’ writing achievement after they are taught by using Self Assessment? (3) Is there any significant difference scores in writing of the students before and after taught Self Assessment at the eight grade of MTsN 3 Tulungagung in the academic year 2017/2018? The objectives of this research are: (1) To know the students’ writing achievement before they are taught by using Self Assessment (2) To know the students’ writing achievement after they are taught by using Self Assessment (3) To know the significant differences scores in writing of the students before and after taught using Self Assessment at the eight grade students of MTs 3 Tulungagung in the academic year 2017/2018 Method of this research: This research uses pre-Experimental Design using quantitative approach with one group pre-test and post-test design. It is intended to find out any significant differences scores of the students before and after taught using Self Assessment at the eight grade students of MTsN 3 Tulungagung in the academic year 2017/2018. The population of this study was all the 8th grade students at MTsN Tulungagung. While, the sample was VIII B class that consists of 28 students. The research instrument that was used is test. Test is administered toward one group of students that is class 7B. Test administered before conducting treatment that is called pre-test and also administered after conducting treatment that is called post-test.Treatment that is used is by Self Assessment. The data of this research is students score in pre-test and post-test, and to analysis that data the writer used SPSS 16 for windows. The result of this study showed that the mean of students’ score of pretest before they are taught using Self Assessment was (81,18). While the mean of students’ score after they are taught being using Self Assessment was (88,04). The Sig. (2-tailed) or the p value (two-tailed) is 0.000. Given that the present test is one-tailed test, so the Sig. (2-tailed) or the p value (0.000) is divided by two: 0.000/ 2 = 0.000, and the significance level (α) is 0.05. Since 0.000 is smaller than significance level (α) 5%. The null hypothesis is rejected. In other word, the hypothesis saying that the mean after the treatment is smaller than or equal to the one before the treatment is rejected. It automatically accepts the alternative hypothesis saying that the mean after the treatment is bigger than the one before the treatment. The conclusion is that Self Assessment is effective toward student’s writing achievement. It is suggested that future researcher can conduct research with give a concept in their strategy in teaching with a different skill because it will give some knowledge about self assessment. Therefore, the researcher knows the benefit of teaching writing comprehension by using self assessment strategy optimally. The researcher gets useful experience in teaching by using self assessment