The Use of Collaborative Design Thinking in Improving Student Writing Skill

Abstract

Writing is still considered a difficult skill to master. Problems arise from various
aspects of writing namely grammar, vocabulary, types of text, outline, and so
on. Tackling these problems is possible with appropriate teaching method. The
Collaborative Thinking Design Method (CoDeT) was chosen as an effective
and innovative method to help students improve students’ writing skills as this
encouraes them to be active in the learning process and discuss with classmates.
The purpose of this study was to determine whether there was a significant
improvement in the use of CoDeT method in students’ writing skills. Using
the VII grade students of MTs AT-Tawazun Subang in year 2019/2020 as
population, this study used quantitative methods with experimental research
design. The average values obtained in the Pre- and post-test were 52.73 and
91.92, respectively. This means that Tcount> ttable or 4.01> 3.06, with the
result that students’ writing skills are enhanced using Collaborative Design
Thinking (CoDeT) method instead of the conventional method. This means
that there is a significant improvement in the inclusion of Collaborative Design
Thinking (CoDeT) method on students’ writing skills. It implies that CoDeT
method can enhance students’ ability to teach writing skills in narrative texts.
Through this research, several advantages of using the Collaborative Design
Thinking (CoDeT) method in teaching writing skills to seventh grade students
were revealed, such as 1). encouraging students to be actively involved in the
learning process and 2). facilitating students in understanding teaching material
through discussion.