The Implementation Of Think Pair Share Method To Improve Students’ Reading Comprehension For The First Grade Students Of Vocational High School Diponegoro Salatiga In The Academic Year Of 2015/2016

Ambarwati, Dwi (2016) The Implementation Of Think Pair Share Method To Improve Students’ Reading Comprehension For The First Grade Students Of Vocational High School Diponegoro Salatiga In The Academic Year Of 2015/2016. Other thesis, Fakultas Tarbiyah dan Ilmu Keguruan.

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Abstract

This research analyzes the improvement of students’ reading comprehension through “Think Pair Share” method. The objectives of the research are (1) to describe the implementation of Think Pair Share method to improve students’ reading comprehension for the first grade students of Vocational High School DiponegoroSalatiga, (2) to find out whether the implementation of Think Pair Share method improves students’ reading comprehension for the first grade students of Vocational High School DiponegoroSalatiga, (3) to find out to how significant of the implementation of Think Pair Share method in improving students’ reading comprehension for the first grade students of Vocational High School DiponegoroSalatiga. Method of the research was classroom action research (CAR). The subjects of the research were twenty seven students in the first grade students of Vocational High School Diponegoro Salatiga.The writer used two cycles; in each cycle comprised of one meeting and each meeting consist of planning, action, observation, and reflection. The writer found several findings on it. The findings show that the students’ reading comprehension increases from pre to post test. In cycle 1, the mean score of post-test was higher than pre-test: 70.19> 62.41. In cycle 2, the mean score of post-test also was higher than pre-test 83.89 > 72.78. Then, the result of t-test calculation in cycle 1 and 2 was greater than t-table with N = 27 is 2, 77.In cycle 1, the result of t-test calculation was 3.72 and in the cycle 2 was 4.96. The percentage of students who reached the standardized score (kriteriaketuntasan minimal) in score 70 also increased.The percentage for pre-test from the students who reach standardized score in cycle 1 was 51.85%, and post-test was 66.67%. In cycle 2, the percentage for pre-test was 74.07%, and post-test was 88.89%. This result percentages can be gotten the improvement from cycle 1 to cycle 2 was 22. 22 %. It means that Think Pair Share method was able to improve the students’ reading comprehension.

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