Dampak Penggunaan Strategi Kecerdasan Memahami Diri Dalam Peningkatan Penulisan Deskriptif Paragraf pada siswa-siswi kelas Sebelas SMA Negeri 2 Kupang
The main objective of this study was to find out the effect of Intrapersonal Intelligence strategy, in improving students’ writing descriptive paragraph. This study was conducted at SMAN 2 kota Kupang, with the population was second grade students and the sample was class XI IPA 2 and XI IPA 5 of SMAN 2 Kupang. The number of population was 63 students. The method used in this study was a quantitative method and the design was a quasi-experimental design. The instrument was obtained using a written test. Data collection techniques are found by calculating the average score on the pre-test and post-test in experimental group and control group. The results of this study was indicated that there was a significant difference between experimental group and control group with the mean score in experimental group was 70.6 and the mean score in control group was 50.6. Whereas in the paired test samples, there were significant results between the pre-test and post-test based on the result of the value, the value of t-test (15.8) was higher than the value of t-table (2.058) with df = N-2. It means that the hypothesis(Ho) was rejected and the hypothesis(H1) was accepted. This showed that the effect of Intrapersonal Intelligence strategy can improve students’ writing skills in descriptive paragraph. The research question has been answered. In addition, the total score of experimental group was 2357 and the total score of control group was 1620. The writing descriptive paragraph, develop students’ way of thinking to be broader and dynamic mindset. Therefore, Intrapersonal Intelligence strategy can be used as an alternative teaching strategy, in improving students’ writing descriptive paragraph.