A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION IN NARRATIVE TEXT THROUGH MIND MAPPING AND DIRECTED READING THINKING ACTIVITY

Abstract

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menguji: (i) perbedaan yang signifikan dalam kemampuan membaca siswa melalui penerapan teknik Mind Mapping dan Directed Reading Thinking Activity (DRTA) dalam teks naratif dan (ii) aspek kemampuan membaca yang paling meningkat. Subyek penelitian ini terdiri dari 28 siswa di kelas VIII B dan VIII E SMP Negeri 25 Bandar Lampung tahun ajaran 2018/2019. Data dikumpulkan melalui tes membaca dalam bentuk teks pilihan ganda dan di analisis menggunakan formula Independent Sample T-Test di SPSS versi 16.0. Hasil dari penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa terdapat perbedaan yang signifikan dalam membaca siswa pada teks naratif melalui penerapan teknik Mind Mapping dan Directed Reading Thinking Activity (DRTA) karena nilai t-value > t-table (3.648> 1.674) pada tingkat signifikan 0.01. Selanjutnya, ide pokok, kosa kata, dan keterangan merupakan aspek yang meningkat paling tinggi.
This research was aimed at examining: (i) the significant difference on students’ reading comprehension after being taught through Mind Mapping technique and Directed Reading Thinking Activity (DRTA) technique in narrative text and (ii) the aspects of reading skills that the highest increase. The subjects of this research were VIII B and VIII E which consisted of 28 students of SMP Negeri 25 Bandar Lampung. The data were collected by using the objective reading test in the form of multiple choices and analysed by using Independent Sample T-Test in SPSS version 16.0. The result of this research showed that there was significant difference of students’ reading comprehension after being taught through Mind Mapping technique and Directed Reading Thinking Activity (DRTA) technique since the t-value greater than t-table (3.648 > 1.674) at the significant level of 0.01. Then, main idea, vocabulary and reference were the aspects that improved better.