THE CORRELATION BETWEEN CLASSROOM CLIMATE AND READING PERFORMANCE OF THE EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS OF JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLS IN KERTAPATI SUBDISTRICT
Daftar Isi:
- This aims of the study were to find out whether or not ; (1) there was a significant correlation between classroom climate and reading performane of the eighth grade students of junior high schools in Kertapati sudistrict, (2) there was a significant difference of reading performance of the eighth-grade students of junior high schools in Kertapati subdistrict based on the school’s accreditation, (3) there was significant difference in classroom climate of the eighth-grade students of junior high schools in Kertapati subdistrict based on the school’s accreditation.There were162 students which chosen purposivelly. Twenty four questions of reading comprehension test and fifty six items of classroom climate test were administered to the samples. The result of Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient showed that (1) there was no significant correlation between classroom climate and reading performance (p-value > 0.05, p-value=0.104, N=162), Because there was no significant correlation between two variables, it means that classroom climate did not correlate with the students’ reading performance but among seven aspects of classroom climate, there were two aspects significantly correlated with reading performance although in weak category (Teacher support = .180 and Equity=.171). (2) there was a significant difference of reading performance of the eighth grade students of junior high schools in Kertapati subdistrict based on school accreditation (p-valule = .000). (3) there was no significant difference of classroom climate of the eighth-grade students of junior high schools in Kertapati subdistrict based on the school’s accreditation (p-value= .517).