Show Them the money: Using Mind Mapping in the Introductory Finance Course. Keywords: Writing Ability Descriptive Text Mind Mapping.īiktimirov, E. It assumed that mind mapping technique can improve the students’ ability of writing descriptive text. In the other words the alternative hypothesis is proven. It shows that the comparison of t counted and t table is 18.80 > 1.66792. If the t counted> t table, it means that H a is accepted. From the calculation of t counted was higher than t table, the result of t counted is 18.80 meanwhile t table in the degree of significance 0.05 is 1.66792. The mean of pre-test score in controlled class is 37.35 and the mean of post-test in controlled class is 47.65. The mean of pre-test score in experimental class is 41 and the mean of post-test in experimental class is 83. The kinds of test were pre-test and post-test. The instrument of this research was written test. The sample were X science 1 and X science 2 and consist of 35 and 34 students. The population of this research were all of the tenth grade students’ in Madrasah Aliyah Negeri 1 Banggai. This research was quasi experimental research by using non-equivalent design. The objective of this research is to know whether the students’ ability in writing descriptive text using mind mapping in Madrasah Aliyah Negeri 1 Banggai can improve or not and to know how mind mapping improve the students’ ability of writing.
