@thesis{thesis, author={Fitri Khusna Sholikha Eka}, title ={THE EFFECTIVENESS OF “SNOWBALL THROWING METHOD” IN TEACHING WRITING OF PROCEDURE TEXT (An Experimental Study on the Seventh Grade Students of SMP Negeri 1 Paguyangan in the Academic Year 2015/2016)}, year={2016}, url={http://eprints.peradaban.ac.id/81/}, abstract={The objective of this study was to find out whether using ?Snowball Throwing Method? was effective in teaching writing of procedure text or not. The population of this study was the seventh grade students of SMP Negeri 1 Paguyangan, Brebes regency in the academic year 2015/2016. The number of the subjects was 73 students. The samples of the study were class VII A as experimental class which consisted of 36 students and class VII C as control class which consisted of 37 students. The design of this study was true experimental study. The writer used tests that consisted of pre and post-test in collecting the data and used quantitative method to analyze the data. The data were analyzed by using SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Science) 16 program. After the data had been collected by using tests, it was found that in Independent Samples Test between control and experimental class got score sig was 0.816 (more than 0.05) and the score from t-test and Equal Variance Assumed was 0,000 (less than 0.05). It means that both of classes had same variant but had different achievement. It could be seen from comparing the means both of the classes; it was found that the mean of experimental class was 84.95 which were higher than control class 77.72. Then the result of the mean of post-test of experimental class was 84.95 which were higher than pre-test 66.95. For that reason, it could be concluded that ?Snowball Throwing Method? was effective in teaching writing of procedure text on the seventh grade students of SMP Negeri 1 Paguyangan in the academic year 2015/2016.} }