The Influence of Vark Learning Style Towards Reading Comprehension of Third Year Students at SMAN 3 Kotabumi

Bagus Sugeng Riyadi, Bambang Setiyadi, Basturi Hasan

Abstract


Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui jenis gaya belajar VARK yang mana yang terbaik dalam membaca. Subjek dari penelitian ini adalah lima puluh delapan siswa kelas 3 di SMAN 3 Kotabumi. Data diambil dengan menggunakan kuisioner VARK dan tes membaca komprehensif. Mereka dikelompokkan sesuai gaya belajar mereka menggunakan kuisioner VARK kemudian nilai rata-rata tes membaca komprehensif mereka dibandingkan. Aspek-aspek membaca kompehensif juga di analisis untuk mengetahui aspek mana yang terbaik di masing-masing gaya belajar. Hasil penelitian ini  menunjukan bahwa nilai rata-rata membaca dari kelompok dengan gaya belajar read/write adalah yang tertinggi diantara yang lain. Ini menunjukkan bahwa gaya belajar read/write adalah yang terbaik dalam membaca komprehensif.

The objective of this research was to find out the best style of VARK in reading comprehension. Subjects of this research were fifty eight third-year students of SMAN 3 Kotabumi. The data were collected through VARK questionnaires and the reading comprehension test. They were categorized according to their learning style by using VARK questionnaires and then their mean score of the reading comprehension test were compared. The aspects of reading comprehension were also analyzed to find out the best aspect of reading comprehension of each learning style group. The result showed that the mean score of read/write group was the highest among the others. This indicates that the read/write style is the best in reading comprehension.

Keyword: VARK learning style, reading comprehension, reading aspects

 


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