INCREASING STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION ACHIEVEMENT USING JIGSAW TECHNIQUE

Ecca Novita Turi, Ujang Suparman, Huzairin Huzairin

Abstract


Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk menemukan adakah peningkatan pencapaian pemahaman membaca siswa setelah diajari penggunaan teknik Jigsaw. Penelitian ini dilakukan karena nilai siswa masih rendah pada tes pemahaman membaca. Data diperoleh dari nilai Pretest-postest dan kuestioner. Data yang telah dikumpulkan dianalisis dengan menggunakan T-test melalui SPSS versi 17.0. Hasil analisis data menunjukkan bahwa nilai rata-rata posttest siswa di kelas eksperimen (68,47) lebih besar dari nilai rata-rata pretest siswa (57.41) dengan peningkatan nilai 11.06. Berdasarkan data analisis dapat disimpulkan bahwa ada peningkatan pencapaian dalam pemahaman membaca siswa setelah diajakan dengan menggunakan teknik Jigsaw.

The aim of this research is to find out whether there is an increase of the students’ reading comprehension achievement after being taught using Jigsaw technique. This study was done based on the consideration that students still got low scores in reading comprehension test. The data were collected by employing Pretest-posttest items and questionnaire. The collected data were analyzed using Repeated Measure T-Test with Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 17.0. The result shows that the students’ mean score of posttest in experimental class (68.47) is higher than that in the pretest (57. 41) with the 11.06 gained score. It is concluded that there is an increase in students’ reading comprehension achievement after being taught using Jigsaw technique.

Keywords: jigsaw technique, reading comprehension, students’ achievement.


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