IMPROVING STUDENTS’ACHIEVEMNT IN WRITING THROUGH THE APPLICATION OF INQUIRY STRATEGY IN NOMMENSEN HKBP UNIVERSITY

Abstract

This study was intended to discover improving students’achivement in writing through the application of inquiry strategy in Nommensen HKBP University. The method of research was classroom action research. The population was grade III of HKBP Nommensen University Medan. The sample was 40 students. In the pre- test there were only 7.5 % students who got points up to 70. But, the percentage of students’s writing competence kept improving when the inquiry strategy was applied. In the end of cycle, 25% students got point up to 70. The range of the first meeting (7.5%) and the last meeting (85%). It had been proved that 85% students got the good score on their writing. It can be concluded that inquiry strategy worked effectively in helping students in improving their writing.