THE EFFECTIVENESS OF NUMBERED HEADS TOGETHER TO TEACH READING COMPREHENSION FOR THE EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS OF MTS MAARIF ANDONG IN ACADEMIC YEAR 2016/2017

Main Authors: Riwayati, Riwayati, Dr. H., Giyoto, M. Hum.
Format: Thesis NonPeerReviewed Book
Bahasa: eng
Terbitan: , 2017
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Online Access: http://eprints.iain-surakarta.ac.id/1302/1/THESIS%20FULL%20-%20RIWAYATI.pdf
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  • Riwayati. 2017. The Effectiveness of Numbered Heads Together to Teach Reading Comprehension for the Eighth Grade Students of MTs Maarif Andong in Academic Year 2016/2017. Thesis. English Education Department. Islamic Education and Teacher Training Faculty. State Islamic Institute of Surakarta. Advisor: Dr. H. Giyoto, M.Hum. Key words: Numbered Heads Together, Reading Comprehension, Narrative Text. The objective of this research is to find out whether Numbered Heads Together technique is effective or not for teaching reading comprehension for the eight grade students of MTs Ma’arif compare with the teacher’s method (Three Phase Technique) to teach narrative text. The researcher used quantitative research with experimental method. The research was conducted at MTs Maarif Andong in academic year 2016/2017. The population of this research was the eighth grade of MTs Maarif Andong. the total number of population was 73 students. The sample was VIII D class as experimental class and VIII C as control class. The researcher used test to collect the data of the research. The researcher analyzed of the data by using t-test formula. The research finding shows that Numbered Head Together technique is effective to teach reading comprehension for the eighth grade students of MTs Maarif Andong in academic year 2016/2017. It can be proved from the calculation of t-test. The result of the t-test in post-test shows that t obtained is higher than t table (2.355 > 2.000) for level significance of 0.05 (5%). It means there is differences in post test score between experimental class and control class, the average score of post-test in experimental class is 69.51 and control class is 64.23. It can be concluded that the students in experimental research has higher achievement than the students in control class. Therefore, the application of Numbered Head Together technique in experimental class is effective than Three Phase Technique.