The Effectiveness of Collaborative Learning in Improving Students’ Abililty in Reading Descriptive Text (A Pre-Experimental Study of the Seventh Grade Students of SMP Pelita Harapan, South Jakarta)
| Main Author: | Novera Helsanita |
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| Other Authors: | Ratna Sari Dewi, Zaharil Anasy |
| Format: | Bachelors |
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Jakarta: Fakultas Ilmu Tarbiyah dan Keguruan UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta, 2014
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| Online Access: |
http://repository.uinjkt.ac.id/dspace/handle/123456789/24646 |
Daftar Isi:
- The objective of this study is to know the effectiveness of Collaborative Learning in improving students’ ability in reading descriptive text at the seventh grade students of SMP Pelita Harapan, South Jakarta. The study was quantitative method which used pre-experimental research. The writer only took one class from class 7B as the sample of the research by using purposive sampling. The class 7B consists of 32 students, but only 25 students who followed all stages of research from the beginning until the end. The instruments used in this study were pre-test and post-test. The result of the study showed that Collaborative Learning is effective in improving students’ reading ability. It can be proven by the t-test result and the students’ progress scores on pre-test and post-test. The writer obtained that the mean of pre-test was 58.2 and the mean of post-test was 67.4. Then, the t-test result (5.57) is higher than t-table (2.06). It can be concluded that Collaborative Learning is effective towards students’ reading ability.