THE EFFECT OF LEARNING STYLES AND GAMES ON SEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS’ VOCABULARY MASTERY AT MTSS. PP. AMIRUDDINIYAH ACADEMIC YEAR 2018/2019

Abstract

The objectives of the study are (1) to investigate whether the students’ achievement in mastering vocabulary with high learning styles significantly is higher than low learning styles and (2) to determine whether there is any significant interaction between learning styles and games on students’ achievement in mastering vocabulary. The research method for this study was a quantitative method including an experimental group and a control group. Both groups were given pre-test and post-test. A vocabulary test was used as the research instrument. The determined subject of the research was 56 students in the seventh grade of MTs. PP. Amiruddiniyah, with 28 students decided as the experimental group and 28 others as a controlled group. The research data were taken by distributing a vocabulary test to the students as the research subjects. Then, the data analysis was conducted by comparing the pre-test result and post-test results. Based on the findings of the experimental class in pre-test and post-test, 38 was the lowest score of pre-test and 76 was the highest score. Other than that, 65 was the lowest score of the post-test and 90 was the highest score on that test. The average gained score that the teacher got was 19.57. This could be said that students’ average score who got treatment using high learning styles were higher than their average pre-test.
Keyword: Experimental, Games, Learning Styles, Students, Vocabulary Mastery.