The purpose of this study was to find out the effectiveness of cooperative script
for teaching recount text. This research was conducted in one of junior high
school in Purbalingga in academic year 2013/2014. The population was all eight
grade students in that school. Sampling was done by random sampling technique.
Researchers used two classes of total eight classes in eight grade students in
academic year 2013/2014. This research used quasi experimental research which
was conducted in mei until june 2014. The instrument of collecting the data was
test. The test was done twice, they were pre-test and post-test. The type of the test
was multiple choices, true-false, and gaps filling. t-test formula was used to
analyze the data. Based on the computation, t-test result was 3.376 and t-table was
1.668 at the significant level 0.05 with the degree of freedom 68. It showed that tresult
was higher than t-table (3.376 >1.668). Based on the research result, it can
be concluded that the cooperative script was effective for teaching recount text.