THE EFFECT OF PQ4R STRATEGY IN READING COMPREHENSION ACHIEVEMENT

Ratih Yunita Sari, Sudirman Sudirman, Dedy Supriyadi

Abstract


Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk (1) menginvestigasi apakah ada perbedaan pada pemahaman  membaca siswa sebelum dan sesudah diajar menggunakan strategi PQ4R. (2) menemukan aspek membaca manakah yang paling meningkat setelah diajar menggunakan strategi PQ4R. Untuk mencapai tujuan ini, peneliti menggunakan studi kuantitatif kelas sebagai sampel, melibatkan satu kelas. Instrumen untuk pengumpulan data dalam penelitian ini adalah tes membaca. Hasil  analisis data menunjukan bahwa terdapat perbedaan pada pencapaian pemahaman membaca siswa setelah diajar menggunakan strategi PQ4R. Kemudian, pemahaman kosa kata adalah aspek yang paling meningkat diantara aspek yang lain. Hasil tes hipotesis menunjukan bahwa nilai signifikan (2- tailed) adalah 0.000 (p<0.05). Dapat disimpulkan bahwa H0 ditolak dan menunjukan bahwa strategi PQ4R dapat meningkatkan pemahaman siswa dalam membaca di semua aspek terutama dalam aspek memahami kosa kata.

This study aimed at (1) investigating whether there was a significant difference of students’ reading comprehension achievement before and after being taught by using PQ4R strategy. (2) finding out the aspects of reading comprehension achievement of the students that increase most after being taught by using PQ4R strategy. The researcher carried out quantitative study with one group Pre-test Post-test Design, involving one class as experimental class. The instrument in this research was reading test. The results of data analysis showed there was a significant difference on students’ reading comprehension achievement after being taught by using PQ4R strategy. Then, understanding vocabulary increased the most than the other aspects. Hypothesis test showed that the significance value (2- tailed) was 0.000 (p<0.05). It could be concluded that null-hypothesis was rejected, and it be inferred PQ4R strategy increase the students’ reading comprehension in all aspects especially in understanding vocabulary.

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Keywords: effect, pq4r strategy, reading comprehension


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