ICARE LEARNING STRATEGY TO IMPROVE THE WRITING ABILITY OF THE STUDENTS AT FISHERY AGRIBUSINES DEPARTMENT

Abstract

The aim of this research was to find out the impact of the implementation of ICARE
learning steps in improving the students’ writing ability at fishery agribusiness department
of SMKN 7 Pinrang. This research applied quasi experimental design with non equivalent
control group design. The total number of sample were 59 students in which class X AP1
consist of 29 students and class X AP2 consist of 30 students. The instrument used in this
research was writing descriptive teks. The data was collected through pre-test and post test.
The result of the data analysis showed that the writing ability of the students improved.
Despite the students’ writing ability in control class also improve, but the improvement is
not as significant as in experimental class. Therefore, the result of this research showed
that ICARE learning strategy can be an alternative way to solve the problem in the
classroom, especially for writing skills.