IMPROVING STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION THROUGH STUDENT TEAMS- ACHIEVEMENT DIVISIONS (STAD) AT SMAN 1 KARANGANOM KLATEN IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2011/2012

Wahyuningsih, Ayuk (2013) IMPROVING STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION THROUGH STUDENT TEAMS- ACHIEVEMENT DIVISIONS (STAD) AT SMAN 1 KARANGANOM KLATEN IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2011/2012. S1 thesis, FBS UNY.

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Abstract

This study is action research aimed to improve the English reading comprehension ability of students at the tenth grade of SMAN 1 Karanganom, Klaten in the academic year of 2011/ 2012. This study involved the English teacher, the school principal and the students of grade XA. In reference to the preliminary observations and interviews, there were some problems related to the reading teaching and learning process such as students’ difficulties in comprehending the English texts, the students have difficulties in understanding the teacher’s explanation. After identifying the feasible problems, the researcher focused on improving the teaching strategies. Therefore, the efforts made to solve those problems were implementing Student Teams-Achievement Division (STAD). The data of this study were qualitative and quantitative. The researcher collaborated with the English teacher in implementing the actions. The data of this study were mostly qualitative although there were some quantitative data. The qualitative data were obtained by observing the teaching and learning process during the implementation of the actions, interviewing students, and holding discussions with the English teachers. The data were in the form of field notes and interview transcripts. Meanwhile, the quantitative data were gained by assessing the students’ reading comprehension through the reading tests. The results of this study show that the implementation of STAD in the reading class is believed to be effective to improve students’ English reading comprehension ability. This implies that the implementation of STAD gives positive effects on improving students’ performance and achievement in the teaching and learning process. It can be shown by the improvement scores of pre-test and post-test from 58.4 to 71.1. This implies that the implementation of STAD gives positive effects to the improvement of students’ performance and achievement in the teaching and learning process.

Item Type: Thesis (S1)
Subjects: Bahasa dan Sastra > Bahasa dan Sastra Inggris
Divisions: Fakultas Bahasa, Seni dan Budaya (FBSB) > Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris > Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris
Depositing User: Admin Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris FBS
Date Deposited: 29 Nov 2016 01:12
Last Modified: 30 Jan 2019 11:57
URI: http://eprints.uny.ac.id/id/eprint/43986

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