Developing Paragraph Elements at The Sixth Semester Students of UKI-Toraja through Jigsaw Technique

Abstract

The objectives of this research are (1) to find out the effects of jigsaw technique on students’ ability in writing the paragraph elements at the sixth semester students of UKI-Toraja and (2) to find out whether or not the students interrested in using jigsaw technique. This research employed cluster random sampling technique. In this research there were two groups, one received treatment using Jigsaw Technique and the other group received the conventional way from the Lecturer who taught writing two in that semester. The subjects of this research were two classes, class B (22) as experimental group and class C (22) as control group. The data of this research was collected through writing test and questionnaire. The results of the research revealed that (1) using Jigsaw Technique affects the ability of the sixth semester students of UKI-Toraja in writing the elements of a good paragraph.