CORRELATION STUDY BETWEEN STUDENTS’ MOTIVATION AND THEIR READING COMPREHENSION

Rori Maidasari Saraswati, Cucu Sutarsyah, Muhammad Sukirlan

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Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui hubungan antara motivasi siswa dan pemahaman membaca mereka. Desain penelitian ini menggunakan deskriptif kuantitatif. Subjek penelitian ini adalah 40 siswa kelas dua Madrasah Tsanawiah Negeri di Bandar Lampung. Kuisioner dan tes membaca diberikan sebagai instrumen dari motivasi dan membaca. Data dianalisis menggunakan Pearson Product Moment Correlation di SPSS 16.0. Hasil dari penelitian ini menunjukkan koefisien korelasi antara motivasi siswa dan pemahaman membaca mereka sebesar 0.637 pada tingkat signifikan 0.01. Koefisien korelasi lebih tinggi dari nilai kritis r tabel (0.637> 0.393). Oleh karena itu, hipotesis nol ditolak dan hipotesis penelitian diterima. Berdasarkan hasil tersebut, dapat disimpulkan bahwa ada hubungan antara motivasi siswa dan pemahaman membaca mereka.

 

The aim of this study was to find out the correlation between students’ motivation and their reading comprehension. This research was quantitative research. The subjects of this research were 40 second grade students of Secondary Islamic School in Bandar Lampung. The questionnaire and reading tests were administrated as the instruments of motivation and reading. The data were analyzed by using Pearson Product Moment Correlation in SPSS 16.0. The result shows that the coefficient correlation between students’ motivation and their reading comprehension is 0.637 at the significant level of 0.01. The coefficient correlation is higher than the critical value of r table (0.637>0.393). Therefore, the null hypothesis is rejected and the research hypothesis is accepted. Based on the result, it can be concluded that there is correlation between students’ motivation and their reading comprehension.

 

Keywords: correlation, motivation, reading comprehension.

 


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