INCREASING READING COMPREHENSION OF THE ELEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS THROUGH THINK-PAIR-SHARE (TPS) TECHNIQUE

Abstract

The objective of this research was to increase the students’ reading comprehension by using TPS technique. This research applied a pretest and posttest design. It involved two groups, experimental and control groups. The population of this research was the eleventh grade students of SMA Negeri 1 Tolitoli. The sample of this research was selected by using cluster random sampling technique. The sample was 61 students of class XI IA4 as the experimental group and XI IA3 as the control group. These groups were given pretest and posttest. The data were analyzed by using statistical analysis in order to know the significant difference of the pretest and posttest. Having analyzed the data, the researcher found that the value of the t-test was 18.16. The mean score of experimental group in the pretest and posttest were 51.6 and 87.1. The mean score of control group in the pretest and posttest were 57.7 and 84.2. Consulting to the ttable value by applying the degree of freedom (df) (31+30−2=59) and 0.05 level of significance, the researcher found that the value of ttable was 2.002. The result of the data analysis showed that the hypothesis was accepted by regarding to the analysis that t-test was higher than the ttable. Therefore, it can be concluded that the use of TPS technique can increase reading comprehension of the eleventh grade students of SMA Negeri 1 Tolitoli.

Keywords: reading comprehension; think-pair-share technique.