A Comparative Study on Teaching Writing Through 3D Virtual Reality Video and 2D Video as Teaching Media

Abstract

This article presents the result of the research study aimed at finding out: (1) whether there is any significant difference in writing achievement between the students taught using 3D Virtual Reality video and those taught using 2D video; and (2) whether the students taught using 3D Virtual Reality video have higher writing achievement than those taught using 2D video. The research method used in this study is a quasi-experimental research design. This research was conducted at a privat Senior High School in Surakarta in the academic year of 2019/2020. This research used cluster sampling that involve two clasess of eleventh grade students. The samples are class XI IPA 1 as the experimental class which consists of 30 students and class XI IPA 2 as the control class which consists of 30 students. The research instrument used to collect the data in this study is test. The data were analysed by using t-test formula. The computation of the t-test shows that t observation (to) = 2.1028 is higher than t table (58, 0.05) = 2.0017. Therefore, it can be concluded that there is a significant difference in writing achievement between students taught using 2D video and those taught using 3D Virtual Reality video. The mean score of the experimental group improved from 67.56 to 76.55, while the mean of the score of control group improved from 67.26 to 73.25. The improvement of the experimental group is higher than the control group. It can be concluded that the students taught using 3D Virtual Reality video have higher writing achievement than those taught using 2D video.