@phdthesis{UNY58132,
          school = {UNY},
            year = {2018},
           month = {May},
          author = {Zul Aini Rengur},
           title = {The  Effectiveness  of  Using  Comic  Strips  and Story  Mapsto 
IncreaseStudents? Reading Comprehension for The Eight Grade Students of SMPN 
1 Pundong},
        keywords = {comic strip, story map, reading comprehension.},
             url = {http://eprints.uny.ac.id/58132/},
        abstract = {This research was aimedto find out(1) whether the use of comic strip 
wasmore  effective  than  the  use  of story  mapin increasing students?  reading 
comprehension, (2) whether the use of comic strip wasmore effective than the 
use of conventional media in increasing students? reading comprehension, (3) 
whether the use of story mapwasmore effective than the use of conventional 
media in students? reading comprehension, (4) the most effective medium among 
the use of comic strip, story mapand conventional media in improving students? 
reading comprehension. 
This research  was  quasi-experimental  research  which  involved  two 
experimental groups and a control group. The samples werethree classes of the 
eight grade students of SMPN 1 Pundong, Bantul, Yogyakarta. The variables of 
the research were comic strip and story mapas the independent variable. The 
dependent  variable  was students?  reading  comprehension.  The  data  collection 
used a pre-test and post-test. Data analysis was ANCOVA.
The result of the research showsthat(1)the use of comic strip wasmore 
effective than the use of story mapin students? improving reading comprehension
by the results of Least Significant Difference(LSD)test with a mean difference 
of 0.074and a significance of p 0.021waslower than 0.05, (2) the use of comic 
strip was more  effective  than  the  use  of  conventional  media in  students? 
increasing reading  comprehension by  the  results  of  LSD  test  with  a  mean 
difference of 0.265and a significance of p 0.00 waslower than 0.05, (3) the use 
of story mapwasmore effective than the use of conventional media in students? 
reading  comprehensionby  the  results  of  LSD  test  with  a  mean  difference  of 
0.191and a significance of p 0.00 waslower than 0.05, (4)the most effective 
media in teaching students? reading comprehension wasthe use of comicstrip
which wasproved by the mean difference in LSD test that indicates the positive 
result.}
}