@phdthesis{eprintsunpak5140,
          author = {Guntur Samboja and Entis Sutisna and Nur Utami},
           title = {IMPROVING STUDENTS? WRITING ABILITY 
THROUGH PROBLEM BASED LEARNING 
(A Study Conducted to Eighth Grade Students of SMP PGRI 7 Kota Bogor) 
PAPER 
Submitted to the English Education Study Program Faculty of Teacher 
Training and Educational Sciences of Pakuan University as Partial 
Fulfillment of the Requairements for Sarjana Pendidikan Examination},
          school = {Universitas Pakuan},
            year = {2016},
           month = {August},
             url = {http://eprints.unpak.ac.id/5140/},
        abstract = {This classroom action research aims is to improve students? writing ability 
through problem-based learning. The subject of the research is the eighth grade 
students of SMP PGRI 7 Bogor. The research is conducted in two cycle processes. 
In the first cycle, the students are motivated to write descriptive text based on the 
problem. The result of students? score in the first test shows that there are 13 
students (33\%) belong to fair criteria, 17 students (44\%) belong to good criteria 
and nine students (23\%) belong to very good criteria. The students? writing 
average (72,2). However, there are some students who do not reach the standard 
score (73). It happens because those students still have difficulties in using proper 
vocabulary. Therefore, the action should be continued to the next cycle. The 
teaching and learning process in the second cycle is better than in the first cycle. 
The result of the second cycle, 14 students (36\%) belong to good criteria, 25 
students (64\%) belong to very good criteria. The students? writing average 
increases into 80,6. From the whole data of the research, it can be concluded that 
Problem-based Learning can improve students? writing ability.}
}