THE EFFECT OF NUMBERED HEADS TOGETHER ON STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT IN WRITING PROCEDURE TEXT

This study aims at discovering the effect of applying Numbered Heads Together on Students Achievement in Writing Procedure Text. It was conducted by using experimental research design. The population was the students at the XI grade of SMA Negeri 1 Percut Sei Tuan. And the sample of the research was two classes divided into two groups, experimental and control group which were chosen by using cluster and random sampling. The grade XI IIS3 was as the experimental group was taught by using Numbered Heads Together, and the XI IIS4 was as the control group was taught by Demonstration Method. The instrument used to collect the data by asking the students to write procedure text. based on the result of the data analysis, it was concluded that using Numbered Heads Together effect students; achievement in writing procedure text (t-calculated > t-table, p=0.05). The using Numbered Heads Together made the students write procedure text correctly then by using Demonstration Method. The calculation of t-test is 3.840> 2.048 with df 28 and the level of significance 0.05. It means that the using Numbered Heads Together has an effect on writing procedure text