Student’s Attitudes towards the Implementation of Collaborative Brainstorming as a Pre-Writing Activity

This study aimed to find how Essay Writing class Students at Universitas Negeri Padang's attitudes towards the implementation of collaborative brainstorming as a pre-writing activity. This study employed a quantitative method to collect data and was a descriptive study using a 4-point Likert scale questionnaire with 22 statements: 1 (strongly disagree), 2 (disagree), 3 (agree), and 4 (disagree). 28 students who had participated in a collaborative brainstorming session in their essay writing lesson particpated as sample. The results show that students' attitudes toward the activity are generally very good. The "Negotiated Decision-Making" and "Share Responsibility" indicators had the highest mean score (3.30), which was classified as very positive. "Shared Decision-Making" (3.29), also categorized as very positive. Overall, the findings indicate that students see collaborative brainstorming as a useful and effective pre-writing activity.