IMPROVING THE STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC WRITING THROUGH RUBRICS AND PEER CORRECTION

Abstract

ABSTRACT
 
This study attempted to find out the contributon of rubrics and peer correction as a
technique of teaching academic writing in the process of academic paragraph writing, in
terms of,  what the students‟ perception on rubrics and peer correction is; what the
students‟ writing achievement is through this technique; and what the correlation
between the students‟ perception and their writing achievement is. Fifty one students
taken from two classes, being exposed to the technique, were selected as the samples
whose responses from the questionnaires showed that they had a very positive perception
towards the use of rubrics and peer correction in guiding them to write an academic
paragraph; and there is a positive correlation between the students‟ positive perception
and their academic paragraph writing achievement meaning that rubrics and peer
correction could help improve their writing achievement. Therefore, it could be
suggested that rubrics could be applied as one of the favourable techniques to teach
academic paragraph writing as they were appropriate to be used as a guide to organize all
components of academic writing such as formats, punctuation and mechanics, content,
organization and improve their ability in grammar and sentence structures (Oshima,
2007)

Keywords: rubrics, peer correction, academic writing.

 
ABSTRAK
 
Studi ini mencoba untuk menemukan apa kontribusi rubrics dan peer correction dalam
proses penulisan akademik, dalam hal bagaimana persepsi mahasiswa terhadap rubrics
dan peer correction; bagaimana nilai penulisan paragraf akademik mahasiswa dengan
teknik ini, apakah ada korelasi antara rubrics dan peer correction dengan peningkatan
nilai penulisan paragraf akademik mereka. Lima puluh satu mahasiswa yang diambil dari
2 kelas yang diekspos dengan teknik ini dipilih sebagai sampel, yang responnya terhadap
kuesioner menunjukkan bahwa mereka mempunyai persepsi yang sangat positif terhadap
rubrics sebagai pedoman pengoranisasian penulisan paragraf akademik; dan peer
correction meningkatkan kemampuan grammar dan structure; serta terdapat korelasi
positif antara persepsi mereka terhadap rubrics dan peer correction dengan prestasi
penulisan paragraf akademik, yang berarti bahwa rubrics dan peer correction dapat
meningkatkan kemampuan penulisan akademik mereka; sehingga bisa direkomendasikan
bahwa rubrics dapat dipakai sebagai salah satu teknik yang baik untuk meningkatkan
kemampuan penulisan paragraf akademik.

Kata kunci: rubrics, peer correction, penulisan akademik paragraf.