THINK PAIR SHARE (TPS) DALAM PENINGKATAN KEMAMPUAN MENULIS TEKS DESKRIPTIF

Abstract

The research aims to increase the students’writing ability by implementing Think Pair Share learning model. The
model was choosen because theoretically, the learning in the classroom would be more productive and meaningful since it
could increase the effectiveness of the students’ writing in the classroom. The method used in this research is a
classroom action research. There are 20 Civil Engineering Departement students from Civil Construction Engineering
study program of the period 2016/2017 which were elected purposively as the subjects of the research. The
procedures in applying the action consist of 2 cycles with 4 components for each cycle they are; planning, conducting
action, observation, and reflection. The finding shows think pair share model is able to improve the students’
achievement of writing descriptive text. There is a significant increasing achievement of writing skill by the the students.
The result in cycle 1 shows that there are 11 students who got score under the score of 75 where 75 is the minimum
standard score and the average score is 69,35. The cycle 2 shows that there is an increasing at the average score becomes
75,75. It means that the students’ achievement of writing skill increase 6,4 %.