The Effect of Index Card Match Strategy toward Grammar Mastery

The research aimed to know is any differences of students’ condition before and after giving a treatment and to know effect of Index Card Match in grammar mastery. This research is experimental research. The population was all eighth grade students in academic year 2018/2019. It consists of 3 classes, VIII A, VIII B, and VIII C. Using purposive sampling technique, VIII A (experimental class) and VIII B (control class) was chosen as the sample with total number of students were 25 students in every class. The treatment was conducted in experimental class in 4 times. The instrument consist 20 multiple choice item and 10 completion item questions about grammar test. The data that was collected from preliminary test and post test were processed using SPSS 18. The result of this research showed that the results of preliminary test and post test. It shows that students’ score increase. Students’ score at preliminary test was classified poor. While at post test, students mostly classified at very good classification. This result leads to the conclusion that students who were taught by using Index Card Match Strategy achieved higher scores than those who were not.
Keywords: Index Card Match, Grammar, Active Learning