Implementing Schoology in Blended Learning Environment and Its Relation to Creativity in Writing
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Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui 1)apakah ada perbedaan yang signifikan terhadap kemampuan siswa dalam menulis sebelum dan sesudah diajar melalui Schoology dalam lingkungan blended learning, 2) apakah ada perbedaan yang signifikan antara siswa yang memiliki kreatifitas tinggi dan kreatifitas rendah dalam menulis. Penelitian ini menerapkan desain kuantitatif dengan pretest posttest. Instrumen yang digunakan adalah tes menulis dan tes kreatifitas. Penelitian ini menggunakan Paired samples t-test dan ANOVA untuk menganalisis data. Hasil dari penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa 1) ada perbedaan yang signifikan terhadap kemampuan siswa dalam menulis sebelum /dan sesudah diajar melalui Schoology dalam lingkungan blended learning karena t-value (9.029)> t-table (2.069)dengan sig. level<0.05, 2) ada perbedaan yang signifikan antara siswa yang memiliki kreatifitas tinggi dan kreatifitas rendah dalam menulis. Jadi, dapat disimpulkan bahwa Schoology merupakan cara yang efektif untuk mengajar menulis.
This research was done to find out 1) whether there is any significant difference in the students' writing achievement before and after the implementation of Schoology in blended learning environment and 2) the difference of students’ writing achievement between students who have high creativity low creativity.. Quantitative design was done with one group pre-test and post-test design. The instruments used were the creativity and writing test. Paired samples t-test and ANOVA were used to analyze the data. The results showed that 1) there is a significant difference of students' writing achievement since t-value (9.029)> t-table (2.069) with sig. level<0.05 and 2) There is a significant difference in writing achievement between students who have high creativity and low creativity. Thus, it can be concluded that the implementation of Schoology is an effective way to teach writing and it gives an impact to the students in constructing and showing their best ideas in written form.
Keywords: Blended learning environment, creativity, high creativity, low creativity, schoology , writing.
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