This document summarizes an experimental research study that analyzed the effectiveness of clustering technique versus direct instruction in teaching writing skills to second semester English students. The study also examined whether students with high linguistic intelligence had better writing skills than those with low intelligence, and if there was an interaction between teaching technique and linguistic intelligence. The results showed that clustering technique was more effective than direct instruction, students with high linguistic intelligence performed better, and there was no interaction between teaching method and intelligence level.

1. By:
ERLIK WIDIYANI STYATI

2. The objective of this research is to know
a) If clustering technique is more effective than direct
instruction in teaching writing
b) b) Students who have high linguistic intelligence
have better writing skill than those having low
linguistic intelligence.
c) Is there interaction between teaching techniques
and students’ linguistics intelligence
All of these about teaching writing to the second
semester students of English on English Department of
IKIP PGRI Madiun.

3. This is an experimental research that was carried out at IKIP PGRI
Madiun from March to July 2010. It is
To analyze the data, the researcher applied descriptive and inferential
statistic using ANOVAand Tukey’s test.
Here, the writer takes the data from Second semester students of 2B and
2C as the sample of the research.
The samples classes are:
 The class B is as an experimental class
 Class C is as control class.
Each of classes consists of 40 students. Dealing with the research
instrument of collecting the data, the researcher makes some step:
(1) giving the linguistic intelligence test as an internal test
(2) dividing the colleges who have high and low mark
(3) applying the teaching technique to the students
(4) analyzing the students’ mark to decide the teaching technique
whether it is effectives or not; and
(5) giving post test. The data were obtained from linguistic intelligence
test and writing test.

4. The conclusion of this study leads that first, the
students who are taught clustering technique have
better writing ability than those who are taught
using direct instruction. The use of clustering
technique is more effective than direct instruction.
Second, the students who have high linguistic
intelligence have better writing ability than those
who low linguistic intelligence.
Third, there is no interaction between teaching
technique and students’ linguistic intelligence level
for teaching writing. Teaching technique which is
used by the teacher in teaching writing for the
students’ linguistic level in class does not give a
big influence for the success of the teaching and
learning process. The effect of teaching technique
on the students’ writing ability does not depend
on the students’ linguistic intelligence level.

5. Thesis:
“THE EFFECTIVENESS OF CLUSTERING
TECHNIQUE TO TEACH WRITING SKILL VIEWED
FROM STUDENTS’ LINGUISTIC INTELLIGENCE.
(An Experimental Research on Descriptive
Writing for the Second Semester of English
Department of IKIP PGRI Madiun in the
Academic Year of 2009/2010)
By. ERLIK WIDIYANI STYATI