THE EFFECT OF QUANTUM LEARNING ON STUDENTS ACHIEVEMENT IN WRITING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT

This study aims to find out wheter students` achievement taught by using Quantum Learning is higher than taught Mind Mapping Method in writing Descriptive Text. The research was conducted by Experimental research using two groups; experimental using Quantum Learning and Control using Conventional method. The subject of this study were the students of SMAN 6 Medan class X-A and X-B consisted of 30 students for each class. The data was taken by using writing test. After analyzing the data, it was found that the value of t-obs was 5.44 with degree of freedom (df) 45 at the level of significance p (0.05) = 2,000. It means that t-obs is higher than t-table. It was found that students achievement in Descriptive Text taught by Quantum Learning is higher than Conventional Method. So, Hyphothesis stating that there is a significant effect of applying Quantum Learning on Students` achievement in writing descriptive text. Is accepted.Key words: QL,Writing Achievement, Descriptive text.