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Vol. 5, No. 8 August 2024 http://jist.publikasiindonesia.id/

Jurnal Indonesia Sosial Teknologi, Vol. 5, No. 8, August 2024 3080

The Application of Project-Based Learning to Enhance

Student’s Proficiency in Producing Written Reports

Shalzsabilla Hakim

, Syafrizal Syafrizal

with this. Thus, (Indrawati & Nadliroh, 2018) mentions that writing is one of the basic

language skills that contains language components such as spelling, grammar,

vocabulary and punctuation. And, writing is a skill that students should practice over

and over and needs some technique as well as preparation to master it. Moreover,

students need to practice it continuously due it the difficulties. In line with this, (Fadhil,

Kasli, & Halim, 2021) stated that in learning writing students need time to study and

practice so they can develop their skills.

Composing includes a few components that need to be considered counting word

choice, utilising or fitting linguistic use, language structure, mechanics, and structure

ideas into logical and attractive complete (Amalia, 2021) and writing conventions like

change material to meet dialect system, how to analyse and how to form the final thing

(Septiana, Wuryaningrum, & Syukron, 2020). Hence, it is reasonable that composing is

assumed to be a troublesome dialect ability. To illuminate the issue, instructors ought to

be more inventive in instructing and composing an offer to understudy with a curious

and valuable method several curious classroom procedures (Backhaus, 2021). Several

fortifying classroom procedures have developed to resolve the broadly accepted see that

composing is the foremost troublesome capacity among the four dialect aptitudes. One

of the strategies is utilizing picture arrangement to empower the understudies to

discover the thought effortlessly, to organize it in a well-organized passage, and finally

to adore composing (Suseno, Indriyani, Afdal, & Nizori, 2022). Hence, even though

references to various natural and human-made wonders found in the natural world.

Gerot and Wignell in (Batubara et al., 2021). Continuing that a report is a text that tries

to tell the reader about an event, and in report text it should be factual text or real text

that refers to that a thing, or events are organized in some treasured ways. Based on the

explanations, the report text principally presents a factual description of an object.

Students should focus on both the language aspects and the general structure of the

report text if they wish to become proficient in recounting texts (Lestari, Leksono,

Hodijah, & Agustina, 2016). Urgency in mastering writing skills cannot be overstated,

especially given the increasing importance of effective communication in both academic

and professional settings. Writing is a fundamental aspect of language skills, crucial for

2021), involves several elements including word choice, linguistic accuracy, and

structural coherence. This complexity highlights why writing is often considered one of

the most challenging language skills to acquire. (Bulqiyah et al., 2021) further

emphasizes that students need ample time to practice and study writing to develop

proficiency, indicating a pressing need for effective teaching strategies.

To address these challenges, educators must employ innovative methods to make

writing more accessible and engaging. One promising approach is using visual aids,

such as picture sequences, to help students organize their ideas and improve their

writing process more enjoyable and manageable (Widiyatmoko & Pamelasari, 2012).

For junior high school students, writing skills are particularly critical for their

overall development. As noted by (Batubara et al., 2021), students at this stage are

introduced to various text types, including reports, which require a strong visual and

factual component. Mastery of report writing, which involves presenting factual

information about events or objects, is essential for academic success and future

communication tasks.

The urgency to improve writing skills among students is clear. Effective writing is

not just a requirement for academic achievement but also a vital skill for personal and

professional growth. Educators must address this issue with innovative teaching

A quantitative research design was chosen for this study. Analysing the

after the treatment, the test was performed. The test is proposed to know whether or not

Project Based Learning will be effective to enhance students writing ability in writing

report text. In short, the research design is shown in the table 1.

question test is to assess the measuring the successful learning process.

Research Technique Data Collection

For the data collecting technique, the researcher used a test. The test is used to

measure the ability of a person and also to achieve the goal. The data was collected by

giving 5 essays about the report text, and the test was conducted twice.

Students took a pre-test to assess their writing skills before starting the treatment.

Treatment

After the researcher gives students a preliminary assessment, the students will

treat for one meeting by implementing Project-based learning. For the activity of the

treatment, the researcher divided the students into 4 groups consisting of 5 students

before the researcher did the group project. The researcher opens the class and teaches

the students about the report text, and question and answer session. After the researcher

measured the student's understanding of the report text in general, after that the

researcher separated the students into 4 groups and they were asked to write an animal

report text. Two groups used the handwriting method which was that they could explore

conducted to see the result whether the PjBL method is effective or not.

Scoring of the Test

The researchers collected the test for this mini-research consisting of 5 questions,

with the scores as follows:

Method of Data Analysis

Following data collection, the researchers proceeded with data analysis using the

following steps:

product and servicing solution (SPSS) was used to analyse the data version no 28 for

Windows. The experimental results using the Matching-Only Pretest-Posttest class were

examined using the independent sample t-test. The first test and the final test,

specifically have two different variables that are tested for implications on the

connection between them using the t-test. The test carried out is a one-party t-test.

Table 1

student learning completion

Completeness

minimum threshold of 75, indicating their proficiency in writing report texts. This

implies that a significant majority, 65% of the students, scored below 75, revealing a

general lack of proficiency in both understanding and writing report texts among the

in the students' writing abilities. Post-treatment, 15 students—an increase from the

initial 8 scored above 75, demonstrating a clear enhancement in their skills. The scores

treatment.

This significant improvement underscores the effectiveness of Project-Based

Learning in addressing the gaps in students' writing skills. The intervention not only

increased the number of students meeting the proficiency benchmark but also improved

overall student performance, reducing the proportion of students who underperformed.

This suggests that Project-Based Learning can be a valuable approach to enhance

students' abilities in writing report texts and potentially other areas of academic

learning.

when it came to learning report text. As a result, the performance of the students on the

Batubara, Muhammad Hasyimsyah, Rahila, Cut Dara Ilfa, & Rahmadani, Putri. (2021).