IMPROVING STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION ACHIEVEMENT BY USING DR-TA STRATEGY (DIRECTED READING-THINKING ACTIVITY) AT SMP NEGERI 3
Abstract: The objective of
this study is to find out whether or not there is a significant difference on
students’ reading comprehension achievement between the students who were
taught by using DR-TA strategy and those who were taught by using teachers’ strategy
at the second year students of SMP Negeri 3 Palembang. This research was
conducted through quasi-experimental method and used nonequivalent control
group design. The population was 458 students of the second year of SMP Negeri
3 Palembang in the academic year 2013/2014. Seventy four students were chosen
as the sample by using convenience sampling technique. The sample was assigned
into two groups; the experimental group and the control group. Each group
consisted of thirty seven students. The data were obtained by multiple choice
tests. A test was given both to the experimental and control groups but only
one group given treatment. The result of the test was analyzed by means of SPSS
16. Based on the result of the data analysis that is the result of hypothesis
testing using independent sample t-test, the significant difference was found
the p-output (0.000) lower than 0.05. It means that, there was a significant
difference between students’ pretest and posttest scores in experimental group
taught using DR-TA strategy. Therefore, it can be concluded that DR-TA strategy
was significantly improved. The writer also found that most of the students of
both groups made a good reading improvement. However, there were still some
students who were poor in reading comprehension achievement.
Author: Hasan Sadiqin
Journal Code: jppendidikangg150174
