ABSTRACT
Andri Prasetia (321410186) : THE EFFECTIVENESS OF USING
RECIPROCAL TEACHING TO IMPROVE READING COMPREHENSION
(A Pre-Experimental Study on the Eighth Grade Students of SMP N 1
Selimbau in the Academic Year of 2018/2019). Main Supervisor: Citra
Kusumaningsih, M.Pd. Assistant Supervisor: Elly Syahadati, M.Pd.
The purposes of this research were To find out the Reciprocal Teaching
Strategy is effective for teaching reading comprehension and To find out how
the Reciprocal Teaching strategy is effective for teaching reading
comprehension to eighth grade of SMP N 1 Selimbau in the academic year of
2018/2019.
The thesis was a pre experimental research in the form of one group
pretest – posttest. The populations of this research is the Eight grade students
of SMP Negeri 1 Selimbau in the academic year of 2018/2019 and the sample
chosen was VIII A consisted of 35 students. The sample was selected with
cluster random sampling technique. The research has been conducted at SMP
Negeri 1 Selimbau on July 2019.
The technique of data collection applied in this research was
measurement technique. The data were collected through reading
comprehension test in form of objectives test and analyzed by using expert
judgment. The pre-test and post-test were conducted in order to collect the
data from the students. The data were analyzed by using descriptive statistic.
The researcher used the data distribution. Since the data was normal the
researcher used paired sample test analysis to test the hypotheses and used
Cohen’s effect size to test the effect of t he use of Reciprocal Teaching
Strategy.
The research findings showed that Reciprocal Teaching Startegy was
effective in reading comprehension mastery, it was proved by the mean score
during pre-test and post-test were 60 and 75 which means that there were
difference before and after treatment. The SD of pre-test (11,604) was higher
than SD of post-test (9,531). It showed that the treatment was well
implemented. Lastly it was proved by paired sample t-test value, sig value
was smaller than α (0,00 < 0,005) which means that Ha was accepted and H
was rejected. The effect of using Reciprocal Teaching was at moderate effect
level based on the Cohen’s effect. It was 0,51 which means strong enough to
uplift students’ reading skill.
Keywords : Reciprocal Teaching Strategy, Reading Comprehension, Pre
Experimental Research.

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