THE USE OF STUDENT TEAMS-ACHIEVEMENT DIVISION IN TEACHING SIMPLE PAST TENSE

Abstract

Abstract

The research investigated the evidence whether using Student Teams-Achievement Division as a teaching technique was useful to teach students simple past tense. It was a pre-experimental research with one group pre-test and post-test design. There were 34 students (X IIS 4 learning group) who participated in this research. The data were collected by written tests and analyzed by t-test. According to the research findings, the null hypothesis (Ho) was rejected, while the alternative hypothesis (Ha) was accepted. The obtained t-value (9.23) was bigger than the critical value of r (1.692) by the degree of freedom 33. It was concluded that the use of STAD is significant and very effective to teach simple past tense to Year–10 students of “SMA Negeri 7 Pontianak” in Academic Year 2017/2018.

Key Words: Student Teams-Achievement Division, Simple Past Tense, Recount Text