DIRECTED READING THINKING ACTIVITY (DRTA) ON STUDENTS READING COMPREHENSION

Uswatun Hasanah, Cucu Sutarsyah, Muhammad Sukirlan

Abstract


Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui apakah ada perbedaan pemahaman membaca siswa, untuk mengetahui aspek membaca yang paling meningkat, dan untuk menggambarkan pelaksanaan DRTA dengan pembelajaran kooperatif. Penelitian ini dilakukan di SMA Minhajuttullab Way Jepara Lampung Timur untuk siswa kelas sebelas. Dalam pengumpulan data, peneliti memberikan tes pemahaman membaca, pengamatan, dan wawancara. Data dianalisis secara kuantitatif dan kualitatif. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa ada perbedaan dan peningkatan pada pemahaman membaca siswa. Selain itu, pemahaman informasi spesifik merupakan aspek membaca yang paling meningkat. Selain itu, hasil observasi dan wawancara menunjukkan bahwa siswa berpartisipasi aktif dalam kegiatan belajar mengajar membaca, terutama selama kegiatan DRTA. Dengan demikian, dapat disimpulkan bahwa pelaksanaan DRTA dengan pembelajaran kooperatif efektif untuk meningkatkan pemahaman membaca siswa.

This research was aimed to investigate whether there was a difference of students reading comprehension achievement, to find out reading aspect which mostly improved, and to describe the implementation of DRTA with cooperative learning. This research was conducted at SMA Minhajuttullab Way Jepara East Lampung to the eleventh grade students. In collecting the data, the researcher administered reading comprehension test, observation, and interview. The data were analyzed both quantitatively and qualitatively. The result indicated there was a difference of the students reading comprehension achievement. In addition, understanding specific information aspect mostly improved. Furthermore, the observation and interview results indicated the students participated actively in teaching and learning activities of reading, especially during DRTA activities. Thus, it could be concluded the implementation of DRTA with cooperative learning was effective to improve students reading comprehension achievement.

Keywords: cooperative learning, DRTA, reading comprehension.


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