THE USE OF THINK PAIR SHARE TECHNIQUE TO IMPROVE STUDENTS READING COMPREHENSION

Puji Supriyani, Sudirman Sudirman, Deddy Supriyadi

Abstract


Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui apakah terdapat perbedaan yang signifikan terhadap kemampuan membaca siswa setelah diajar menggunakan teknik Think Pair Share khususnya dalam membaca teks report. Pendekatan penelitian ini adalah penelitian kuantitatif. Penelitian ini menggunakan desain one group pretest dan posttest. Tes membaca digunakan sebagai instrumen pengambilan data. Data ini di analisis menggunakan repeated measured T-test. Subyek penelitian ini 30 siswa dari kelas 2 pada SMAN 01 Tanjung Raya, Mesuji. Dari hasil penelitian menunjukan bahwa ada peningkatan yang signifikan dalam aspek membaca dimana pencapaian 14.53 dan level signifikannya adalah p<0.05 (p=0.000). Dengan ini disimpulkan bahwa, teknik Think Pair Share direkomendasikan untuk digunakan sebagai alternatif teknik untuk meningkatkan kemampuan membaca pada siswa.

The aim of this research was to find out whether there is any statistically significant difference of the students reading comprehension achievement of report texts after the students weretaught through Think Pair Share technique.The approach of this research was quantitative. The research used one group pretest and posttest design. The reading test was used as the instrument of collecting the data. The data were analyzed by using repeated measured T-test. The subjects of this study were 30 students from the second grade students of SMAN 01Tanjung Raya, Mesuji. The result showed that there was a statistically significant improvement of the students reading comprehension achievement with the significant level is p<0.05 (p=0.000). This suggests that TPS technique can be used as an alternative technique to improve reading comprehension achievement.

Keywords: think pair share technique, report text, Reading comprehension.

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