Analyzing Written Communication Skill in the Form of Scientific Article of Prospective Teachers of Elementary School through Reflective Journal

Abstract

This pre-experiment research aims to identify the written communication skill of prospective teachers of the elementary school in compiling scientific articles through a reflective journal. The research used one group pretest-posttest design which involved 20 prospective teachers of elementary school. The instrument used was a task sheet of scientific article writing. Data were processed using descriptive and inferential statistical analysis. The result showed the average value of prospective teachers' written communication skills before using a reflective journal is 52.50, and after using it is 80.56. The gain index is 0.59, which describes the score improvement of students' written communication skills in the medium category. The value of significance obtained is 0,000 < 0.05. Hence, the hypothesis is accepted. This indicated that there is an influence of the use of reflective journals in enhancing the student's written communication skills.