Asdi Andi, (2015): Improving Students’ Ability in Writing Descriptive
Text by Using Problem Based Learning Strategy at Islamic Senior High School of Alqasimiyah Sorek Satu.
Many problems appear in learning included in writing a descriptive
text faced by some of the second year students of islamic senior high school of alqasimiyah Sorek Satu. It can be seen from unsatisfactory writing score and some problems that the students obtain in writing. The students get difficulty in sharing their ideas into writing form. They don’t know how to use the appropriate grammar in their writing, and they have lack of vocabulary. Therefore, the researcher is interested in conducting this research.
The research was conducted for the purpose of improving the
students’ ability in writing descriptive text by using Problem Based Learning. This research is Classroom Action Research by using Kemmiss and McTaggart model. The writing was scored using ESL composition Profile. In analyzing data the researcher used Glasser and strauss model: Data collection, validation, interpretation, and action. Then, described in presentation model.
Based on the reseach result, this reseach is categorised succesful. It
can seen from the base score data, Cycle 1 and cycle 2 data. It can be seen that there were 9 students got score 44(69.23%) , 3 students got score 56(23.08%), 1 student got score 60(7.69%). The scores of students in cycle 1 Improved to be 1 student got score 40(7.69%), 1 student got score 42(7.69%),1 student got score 44(6.69%),2 students got score 46(15.38%),3 students got score 48(23.08%),2 students got score 54(15.38%),1 student got score 56(7.69%),1 student got score 58(7.69%) and 1 student got score 62(7.69%). The scores of the students improved again in cycle 2 to be 2 students got score 56(15.38%),2 students got 58(15.38%),3 students got 62(23.08%), 2 students got score 64(15.38%),1 student got score 66(7.69%),2 students got score 68(15.38%) and 1 student got score 77(7.69%). Therefore, the researcher concluded that by using PBL can improve students’ ability in writing descriptive text at islamic senior high school of al-qasimiyah sorek satu.