The Use Directed Reading - Thinking Activity (DR-TA) to Improve Reading Comprehension in Recount Text” (A Classroom Action Research of the Eighth Grade Students of MTS N Mranggen in the Academic Year of 2016/2017)

Umayah, Nurul (2016) The Use Directed Reading - Thinking Activity (DR-TA) to Improve Reading Comprehension in Recount Text” (A Classroom Action Research of the Eighth Grade Students of MTS N Mranggen in the Academic Year of 2016/2017). Other thesis, Fakultas Tarbiyah dan Ilmu Keguruan.

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Abstract

This research focused on improving reading comprehension by through DR-TA (Direct Reading - Thinking Activity) strategy. This research answer these main questions (1) How is the implementation of the use Directed Reading-Thinking Activity (DR-TA) to improve the reading comprehension in Recount Text of the Eighth Grade Students of MTSN Mranggen in the academic year of 2016/2017? (2) what is the extent use Directed Reading-Thinking Activity (DR-TA) can improve the reading comprehension in Recount Text of the Eighth grade students of MTSN Mranggen in the academic year of 2016/2017?. (3) How is the improvement of the use of Directed Reading-Thinking Activity can improve the reading comprehension in Recount Text of the Eighth grade students of MTSN Mranggen in the academic year of 2016/2017?. Twenty six students of the eight grade students of MTS N Mranggen 2016 were instructed through DR-TA strategy to improve their reading comprehension. this research is an classroom action research (CAR). The technique of data analysis included qualitative and quantitative. It is conducted in two cycles. Each cycle consists of planning, action, observation and reflection. From the result, the researcher found several findings on it. The result of this research shows an improvement of students‟ reading comprehension by using “DR-TA” strategy. It can be seen from the mean score of pre-test and post-test. In cycle I post-test is higher than pre-test: the mean of pre test is 55.8 and the mean of post test is 70.5. In cycle 2 also show that post test is bigger than pre test. Mean of pre test is 76.1 and mean of post test is 87.5. It can be concluded that DR-TA strategy is able to improve the students‟ reading comprehension.

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