The objective of this study is to reveal whether: (1) Send-A-Problem is more effective than Guided Writing to teach writing; (2) students having high creativity have better writing skill than those having low creativity; and (3) there is an interaction effect between teaching techniques and the students’ creativity on the students’ writing skill.
This research was an experimental research with simple factorial design 2x2. It was conducted at SMP Negeri 2 Banyumas, in February 2012-March 2015. The samples of the research are taken by using cluster random sampling; those are VIIIE which was treated as experimental class taught by using Send-A-Problem and VIIIF which was treated as control class taught using by Guided Writing. Each of them consists of 30 students. The data is in the form of quantitative data that was taken from writing test and creativity test. The data was analyzed by using ANOVA or analysis of variance and Tukey test.
The result of data analysis shows that the mean writing score of the students who were taught by using Send-A-Problem (60.50) is higher than those who were taught using Guided Writing (57,30). Meanwhile, the mean writing score of the students with high creativity level (62.50) is higher than those who have low creativity level (54.50). When the writing score of high creativity students and the score of low creativity students in each class are compared, it is found that in experimental class the students with high level of creativity (65.90) have higher writing score than those who have low creativity level (58.30), but in control class the students with high creativity level (53.10) have lower writing score than those who have low creativity level (55.67).
The research is concluded that: (1) the students taught by using Send-A-Problem have better writing skill than those taught by using Guided Writing; (2) high creativity students have better writing skill than low creativity students; and (3) there is interaction between the teaching techniques and the students’ creativity. Should teachers implement Send-A-Problem Technique, they must consider students level of creativity.
Keywords: Send-A-Problem Technique, guided writing technique, creativity, experimental study