Sartika, Shinta (2016) IMPROVING STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION BY USING STUDENT TEAM ACHIEVEMENT DIVISION (STAD) AT THE SEVENTH GRADE OF SMPN 14 KOTA SERANG. S1 thesis, UNIVERSITAS SULTAN AGENG TIRTAYASA.

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Abstract

The objective of the research are to explain the process of teaching reading comprehension by using Student Team Achievement Division technique and know the improvement of students’ reading comprehension by using Student Team Achievement Division technique. The researcher used Classroom Action Research (CAR).CAR used two types of data, quantitative for numerical data and qualitative for verbal data. The research was conducted in two cycles. The object of the research was VII B class, in academic year 2015/2016 which consisted of 42 students; 23 female students and 19 male students. At the beginning of the research, the students had been given pre-test. In the process in teaching reading comprehension by using Student Team Achievement Division (STAD), the students worked and shared the text together in a team in order to be the best team. They were really enthusiastic and enjoyed, especially if the story was really interesting to be discussed. It is supported by the research finding showed that there was any significant improvement between the scores in the pre-test and the post test. In the pre-test, students’ average score was 48.47. While after the researcher using STAD technique in treatment in cycle one, the result of the students’ post-test average score is 73.09. Then, in the cycle two, the result of the students’ post-test average score is 80.35. Based on the result of the test, the improvement of students in the cycle one is 50% and cycle two is 65%. The percentage of students who could pass Minimum Mastery Criteria (MMC) in the cycle one is 50% and cycle two is 90%. Finally, the researcher concluded that Student Team Achievement Division (STAD) technique could improve students reading comprehension on descriptive text. Key words: Reading Comprehension, Descriptive text, and Student Team Achievement Division (STAD)

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