The aim of this study were to find out whether Tic Tac Toe Game is
effective or not for teaching preposition especially in, on, and at; and to know the
difference between the students who were taught preposition in, on and at using
Tic Tac Toe and without Tic Tac Toe Game.
The study was conducted at SMP N 2 Buayan, Kebumen. This study used
quasi experimental research, especially
non equivalent control group design. The
population of this study was the Seventh grade students of SMP N 2 Buayan,
Kebumen. The writer chose two classes as sample, those were 7C as experimental
class consisting of 40 students, and 7E as control class consisting of 40 students
which did not get treatment. In collecting the data the writer used test, those were
pre and post tests. The Pre test was used to
measure the effect of treatment given.
The Post test was used to measure the effect of the treatment, so it was conducted
after the treatment was given.
To know the effect of the treatment, the writer used T-test. The result
showed that Tic Tac Toe was effective to teach preposition
in, on
, and
at
. It could
be seen from the result computation of T-test, where t-result was 2.349, t-table for
degree of freedom (df) 78 at the lavel significant 5% was 1.991. so, t-result was
higher than t-table. It means that using Tic Tac Toe was effective to teach
preposition
in, on
, and
at