Fatkur Rohman PDF
Fatkur Rohman PDF
Fatkur Rohman PDF
THESIS
By:
Fatkur Rohman
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DEDICATION
3. My beloved friends
4. My love
MOTTO
“Indeed, Allah will not change the condition of a people until they change what is in themselves”.
"Real success is determined by two factors. First is faith and second is action."
(The Researcher)
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
Alhamdulillah, all praises be to Allah, the single power, the Lord of the universe, master of the day
of judgment, God all mighty, for all blessings and mercies so the researcher was be able to finish this thesis
entitled “The Effectiveness of Think – Pair – Share Technique (TPS) to teach Reading
Comprehension (An Experimental Study at The Eight Grade Students of SMP N 1 Juwiring in
2013/2014 Academic Year)”. Peace be upon Prophet Muhammad SAW, the great leader and good
The researcher is sure that this thesis would not be completed without the helps, supports, and
suggestions from several sides. Thus, the researcher would like to express her deepest thanks to all of those
who had helped, supported, and suggested her during the process of writing this thesis. This goes to:
1. Dr. Mudofir S. Ag, M. Pd as the Head of the State Islamic Institute of Surakarta.
2. Dr. Giyoto, M. Hum, as the Dean of Islamic Education and Language Faculty of State Islamic Institute
of Surakarta.
3. Dr. Imroatus Solikhah M. Pd as the Head of English Education Departments of State Islamic Institute of
Surakarta.
4. Hj. Woro Retnoningsih M. Pd. as the first consultant for her guidance, precious advices, and motivation
5. Zainal Muttaqien M. Hum., as the second consultant for her precious advices, corrections and help to
revise the mistake during the entire process of writing this thesis.
6. All the lecturers and staffs of Islamic Education and Teacher Training Faculty thanks for giving the
7. Mulyadi, M.Pd.I., as the Headmaster of SMP N 1 Juwiring for his permission to the researcher to
8. Erna, S.Pd. and Yuli S.Pd, as the English teacher of SMP N 1 Juwiring for her kindness to allow the
researcher to do the research in her class, Thank you so much for the guidance.
9. The beloved students of VIII A and VIII B of SMP N 1 Juwiring, for cooperating and giving attention
10. Her beloved parents (Babe Suharto and Bunda Sri Mulyani), her brothers, my love and her big family,
for their pray, everlasting love, unlimited patience, and wonderful support. Thank you very much.
11. Her beloved friends, for their kindness, attention, sharing and their support in finishing her thesis.
The researcher realizes that this thesis is still far from being perfect. The researcher hopes
that this thesis is useful for the researcher in particular and the readers in general.
The researcher,
Fatkur Rohman
ABSTRACT
Fatkur Rohman. 2017. The Effectiveness of Think – Pair – Share Technique (TPS) to teach Reading
Comprehension (An Experimental Study at The Eight Grade Students of SMP N 1 Juwiring in 2013/2014
Academic Year). Thesis. Language and Letters Department. Islamic Education and Teacher Training
Faculty. IAIN Surakarta.
First Advisor : Dra. Hj. Woro Retnaningsih, M. Pd
Second Advisor : Zainal Muttaqien, M. H
Key Word
Words : Experimental, The Effectiveness of Think – Pair – Share Technique (TPS) to teach Reading
Comprehension
The objectives of the research are to how the effectiveness of Think Pair Share to teach reading
comprehension. Moreover, this research designed to study how the Think – Pair – Share technique (TPS)
can be implemented in the eighth grade students of SMP N 1 Juwiring in the academic year of 2013/2014.
The eight grade students of SMP N 1 Juwiring had problems dealing with reading comprehension. The
researcher found that tenth A class has problems in reading, such as catching the main idea, identifying the
implicit and explicit information of the text, found the word meaning, and word reference. The researcher
found that the teacher taught in class dominated the students.
The method used in this research was Think – Pair – Share technique (TPS). This research was
conducted in two cycles from October – November 2013. The subject of the research is the eighth grade
students of SMP N 1 Juwiring. There are 30 students of the eighth class grade A, and 30 students of the
eighth class grade B. This research was conducted in two cycles of actions with three meetings in cycle 1
and cycle 2. It is consisting of planning, acting, observing, and reflecting in each cycle and ended by post-
test. In this research, the researcher applied the implementation of Think Pair Share to teach reading
comprehension. The researcher collected the data by using observation, interview, and tests. The researcher
analyzed the data by using three stages to analyze qualitative data; they are data reduction, data display,
taking conclusion, meanwhile, the significant implementation of the students‟ achievement analyzed by
using means of test.
The findings reveal that the implementation of TPS Technique is successful when viewed from some
dimensions. (1) to know the effectiveness of Think Pair Share to teach reading at the Eighth grade of SMP
N 1 Juwiring students in academic year of 2013/2014. (2) to know which one is more effective between
Think Pair Share and Direct Instruction for teaching reading at the Eighth grade of SMP N 1 Juwiring
students in academic year of 2013/2014.
The conclusion in this research is a significant difference of the effects on the students‟ reading
comprehension between those who were taught using Think-Pair-Share and those who were taught using
Direct Instruction . It can be proved from the score result of t (7,403) which is higher than t table (2,000). The
students who were taught using Think-Pair-Share (79,333) had higher scores than those who were taught
using Direct Instruction (67,433). It means that the students who were taught using Think-Pair-Share have
better reading comprehension than those who were taught using Direct Instruction . The method of Think-
Pair-Share gives opportunities to students to improve their reading comprehension.
TABLE OF CONTENT
TITLE........................................................................................................... i
ADVISOR SHEET ....................................................................................... ii
RATIFICATION .......................................................................................... iii
PRONOUNCEMENT ................................................................................... iv
DEDICATION.............................................................................................. v
MOTTO........................................................................................................ vi
ACKNOWLEDGMENT ............................................................................... vii
ABSTRACT ................................................................................................. ix
TABLE OF CONTENT ............................................................................... x
LIST OF TABLE .......................................................................................... xii
LIST OF PICTURE ..................................................................................... xiii
LIST OF APPENDICES ............................................................................... xiv
CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION
A. Background of the Study ......................................................................... 1
B. Problem Statements ................................................................................. 5
C. The Objective of the Study, ..................................................................... 6
D. The Benefit of the Study.......................................................................... 6
E. Definition of the Key Terms .................................................................... 7
CHAPTER II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
A. The Nature of Reading ............................................................................ 10
1. The Definition of Reading ................................................................. 10
2. Reading Comprehension.................................................................... 12
3. Types of Comprehension ................................................................... 13
4. Micro Skills for Reading Comprehension .......................................... 15
5. Extensive and Intensive Reading ....................................................... 18
6. Strategies for Reading Comprehension .............................................. 20
B. The Nature of Cooperative Learning ....................................................... 23
1. The Definition of Cooperative Learning.............................................. 23
2. Think Pair Share ................................................................................. 26
3. The Nature of Direct Instruction ......................................................... 30
C. Rationale ................................................................................................. 34
D. Hypotheses.............................................................................................. 35
CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
A. The Method of the Research ..................................................................... 36
B. The Place and Time of the Study .............................................................. 37
C. Subject of the Study.................................................................................. 37
D. Variables and Research Design................................................................. 39
E. Technique of Collecting the Data.............................................................. 40
F. Instruments of Collecting the Data............................................................ 42
G. Data Analysis ........................................................................................... 45
H. Hypothesis Testing ................................................................................... 45
CHAPTER IV RESEARCH FINDINGS AND DISCUSSIONS
A. Description of SMP Negeri 1 Juwiring Klaten ......................................... 48
1. General Description ........................................................................... 48
2. Facilities ............................................................................................ 49
3. Extracurricular Activities ................................................................... 49
B. Research Finding..................................................................................... 50
1. The Implementation of TPS to Teach Reading................................... 50
2. The Procedure of Direct Instruction in teaching reading..................... 55
C. Normality and Homogeneity Test ............................................................ 59
D. Hypothesis Test....................................................................................... 60
E. Discussion .............................................................................................. 63
CHAPTER V CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS
A. Conclusions............................................................................................. 67
B. Suggestion............................................................................................... 68
BIBLIOGRAPHY ............................................................................. 70
APPENDICES...................................................................................
LIST OF TABLE
INTRODUCTION
This chapter deals with background of the study, problem statement, the objective of the study,
Reading as one of four language skills is highly needed for junior high school students because
its skills have to be mastered first than other skills. Reading involves understanding written text that
needs simultaneous experiences which are influenced by reader‟s attitude and exercises which can be
However, one of the insufficient results in junior high school is on reading comprehension. As
students face a reading text, they often argue that it is difficult enough for them to pronounce it, know
the meaning of such words, and further understand the written text. What are the causes of this
condition? The teacher‟s decision to use the method takes place in a higher position. Nearly all teachers
believe that students are bored when they study English in the conventional classroom-atmosphere
which puts them as passive learners rather than active learners. In reading class, the students only
receive teacher‟s message rather than actively involve in learning process. Students are only expected
to pay attention to the teacher‟s presentation, do the exercises in the classroom and, finally, do the
In addition, in this teacher-centered classroom students must compete and work individually in
order to obtain high scores. Some students succeed but others fail. Thus, success depends on beating,
defeating, and getting more than other people. Whereas social values like building students‟ awareness
to help other students, cooperate in groups, trust each other that their friend will do their best in the
group, are very crucial to be recognized by students because later they will be in a real life situation
Student‟s reading influences their abilities in comprehending the texts since it deals with the
willingness to either approach or avoid reading situation. When students have desire to read, they will
approach it, and when students do not have desire to read, they will avoid it. Student‟s only depends on
the material from teacher. They read in the purpose of passing the examination ad they do not have a
After visiting one teaching learning activity of this class, the researcher finds some situations in
reading priority, because that is influence to learning process. The situations are the students can‟t
accurately and fluently using repeated oral reading. For example, the students find difficulties and are
slow in understanding the material or the questions, because in reading skill there are usually a lot of
reading materials, but most of the students are lazy to read. In fact, reading is a basic skills in English,
just as important as speaking, listening and writing. And it is closely related with other subjects.
Because most of the materials given by the teacher are presented in written form, it means that to
understand the materials, the student must have the ability to look at and get the meaning of the written
texts.
There are probably many approaches that can tackle those problems. The proposed approach in
this research is Cooperative Learning under the umbrella of Think Pair Share. It is leaner-centered
approach that emphasizes on all students‟ success, so that not only high-achieving students succeed but
also average and low-achieving students. According to Cruickshank et al (2003) co-operative learning
occurs when learners work together in small groups and are rewarded for their collective
accomplishment. From cooperative learning we can see this statement according to Slavin (1995)
Learning Model Think-Pair-Share a learning model that provides an opportunity for groups to share
results and information according to this structure proceeds as follows : (1.) Teacher poses a question
(usually a low consensus question). (2.) Students think of a response. (3.) Students use interview
procedure to share the answers (Olsen and Kagan, 1997:19 ; Olsen, 1997:88).
awareness that they are the key to their successes and not fully from their teacher. In the contrary,
Direct Instruction views that teacher takes more dominant role in the classroom. Consequently,
students become more passive. Passive learners depend on their teachers‟ help and assistance. They
need more pressure as well as teacher‟s on-going instructions. At the same time, teacher perhaps
identifies students‟ activeness based on their intentions to the lesson, for instance, active learners
perhaps seek additional materials, provide time to study and read more to improve understanding on the
lesson. Therefore, it can be said that active learners have good reading awareness. On the other hand,
passive learners may be identified as those who are fully dependent on teacher, have weak motivation
in study, and do not provide certain time to read more to improve understanding on the lesson. Hence,
Relating to the discussion above, SMP N 1 Juwiring has problems on reading for the eighth
graders. Students can‟t find the main points of the texts. Students only read the text without
understanding the messags. Based on the interview to the English teacher, some students do not have
dictionaries. So, students find it difficult to understand the message of the texts they read. Besides,
students do not active in the class during the English lessons. They do not ask if they do not understand
about the teacher explanation. Students keep their questions and never solve it because students are
afraid to ask to their teacher. Besids, students do not have desire to compete to the other students. It is
The eighth grade in the first semester of 2013/2014 students are the subject of the research .The
English teacher of SMP N 1 Juwiring said that the students of eighth grade in SMP N 1 Juwiring have
the difficulties in learning English, especially in reading skill. The English teacher said that almost all
students from every grade of that school have low capabilities in mastering English. The problem faced
in teaching reading is the students are bored with the lesson. On the other hand, they have the
difficulties in knowing the content of the text and identifying the structures of the text. They also have
Nonetheless, the approach used by teacher can probably elevate students‟ reading skill. The
appropriate method will motivate students to read more and more. By this way, hopefully students from
day to day become good reader and have high reading comprehension and are finally aware that
reading comprehension can be improved by simultaneous activity. According to the background of the
study, the writer is interested in carrying out a research dealing with teaching reading. Because of that,
the writer takes courage to write a thesis with the title The Effectiveness of Think Pair Share Technique
to Teach Reading Comprehension (An Experimental Study in the Eighth Grade Students of SMP N 1
B. Problem Statements
1. How is the implementation of Think Pair Share to teach reading at the Eighth grade of SMP N 1
2. Is Think Pair Share is more effective than Direct Instruction to teach reading at the Eighth grade of
1. To know the implementation of Think Pair Share to teach reading at the Eighth grade of SMP N 1
reading at the Eighth grade of SMP N 1 Juwiring students in academic year of 2013/2014.
The result of this study can contribute some benefits to students and teachers. As follows:
1. For Students
a. It may stimulate students to improve their reading comprehension since they will find out that
reading comprehension is not complicated. Their enjoyment in learning reading will help them
master English well. As a result it will enrich their knowledge in reading comprehension.
2. For teachers
For the other teachers, they will get a large knowledge about teaching reading using Think Pair
Share and the result of the research can be a useful input in English teaching learning process
3. For schools
a. The result of this study can improve the quality of teaching reading.
b. The school also provide the opportunity to the teacher to conduct an innovative teaching and
learning activity.
For other researchers who would like to conduct further research at the same subject, the result
To avoid ambiguity in understanding some terms, the researcher tries to clarify some terms as a
follow:
1. Reading
Reading is the essential skill for students since it is the core to nearly all subjects (Davis,
1988: 241). In learning every subject, reading activities are involved. Reading, in general sense, is
what happens when people look at a text and assign meaning to the written symbols in that text.
There are many definitions of reading proposed by experts, one of which is stated by Grape
(in Pan, 2006: 1). It is stated that reading is not only a receptive process of picking up information
from the page in a word-by-word manner since it is a selective process and characterized as an active
process of understanding. In the same perception, “Reading means reading and understanding”
(1996: 138). These theories imply that an activity is called reading if there is understanding from
2. Reading Comprehension
University,2008).
Ashmore (2004: 7) stated that there are three processes in reading comprehension: active,
cognitive, and affective process in which the reader actively engages with the text and builds his/her
Think Pair Share is one of kinds of Cooperative Learning. Cooperative learning is group
learning activity organized so that learning is dependent on the socially structured exchange of
information between learners in groups and in which each learner is held accountable for his/ her
together in small groups and are rewarded for their collective accomplishment. From cooperative
learning we can see this statement according to Slavin (1995) Learning Model Think-Pair-Share a
learning model that provides an opportunity for groups to share results and information according to
this structure proceeds as follows : (1.) Teacher poses a question (usually a low consensus
question). (2.) Students think of a response. (3.) Students use interview procedure to share the
4. Direct Instruction ( DI )
Direct Instruction is a teacher-centered model. When teacher becomes the center of the
teaching and learning, it means he/she is the real actor in the classroom. Teacher gives explanation
and presents the materials. There are, it can be concluded that DI is also closely related to “lecture
Nunan (1996: 49) argues “………….in direct instruction, the teacher explicitly instructs the
learners”. It seems that both Arends and Nunan agree with its name proposed, the essential thing in
DI is “instruction”. Teacher instructs the students while students listen to teacher‟s instruction as
This chapter deals with the nature of reading, the nature of cooperative learning, the nature of direct
Reading is a basic life skill. It is a cornerstone for a child's success in school, and, indeed,
throughout life. Without the ability to read well, opportunities for personal fulfillment and job success
Reading is the essential skill for students since it is the core to nearly all subjects (Davis, 1988:
241). In learning every subject, reading activities are involved. Reading in general sense is what happens
when people look at the texts and assign meaning to the written symbols in that texts.
There are many definitions of reading proposed by experts, one of which is stated by Grape (in Pan,
2006: 1). It is stated that reading is not only a receptive process of picking up information from the page in
understanding. In the same perception, Ur notes, “Reading means reading and understanding” (1996: 138).
These theories imply that an activity is called reading if there is understanding from what has been read, if
Meanwhile, Gipe (in Ashmore, 2001: 4) states, “Reading is a transaction that takes place between a
reader and text in a particular situation”. Clay (in Ashmore, 1991: 4) gives a comprehensive definition of
The writer elaborates that reading is a process of getting the message and solving the problem from
the text to be able to extract meaning and cues in the text and finally retain the maximum understanding to
the author‟s message. It is quite obvious that reading depends on the reader‟s objective, and is not just an
activity to read what is printed and written. Further, there should be understanding of the author‟s message
In addition, Nuttal (1996: 3) says “reading is the transfer of a message from the writer to the
reader”. Aeborsold (1997: 15) agrees by stating that reading is what happens when people look at a text
and assign meaning to the written symbols in the text. According to Derajavan, as cited in Tella (2007:
119), reading has been described as “the art of interpreting printed and written words”.
Likewise, Goodman (1988: 15) express that in a reading activity, there is a close interaction
between language and thought, in which the writer encodes thought as language and the writer decodes
language as thought.It can be deduced from the theories that reading is the activity of getting the message
and understanding the written symbols that are written by the authors.
2. Reading Comprehension
Meanwhile, it is also stated that comprehension is the capacity of the mind to perceive and understand.
Further, comprehension means to understand what is being communicated. It can be summarized that one
has comprehension when he/she is able to understand and gets the importance of something, Asher (1996 :
241).
Reading comprehension is how far we can understand of what we read. Ashmore (2004: 7) stated
that there are three processes in reading comprehension: active, cognitive, and affective process in which
the reader actively engages with the text and builds his/her own understanding of the text. Meanwhile, Gipe
(in Ashmore, 2001: 4) states that in reading comprehension the reader construct the meaning by using
understand what he/she read, which is resulted from the what he/she knows before reading the text (the
background knowledge) and how well he/she reads it. However, types of comprehension, skills considered
to successful reading comprehension, and strategies for reading comprehension should be clearly exhibited.
3. Types of Comprehension
The primary objective of reading is comprehension. Thus, teacher had better give reading
comprehension assessment to test student‟s abilities. Mohamad (1999: 2) mentions three stands of
comprehension, literal, interpretive, and critical comprehension. The first comprehension involves “surface
meaning” in which students are asked to find out information and idea that are explicitly stated in the text,
the second comprehension involves “deeper meanings” that needs student‟s critical reading with kind of
activities such as drawing conclusion, making generalization; the third level involves critical reading
whereby ideas and information are evaluated and it occurs when students have understood the ideas and
The more comprehensive explanation is stated by Day (2005) in the journal Reading in a Foreign
Language. In his article entitled Developing Reading Comprehension Questions, Day presents a detailed
a. Literal comprehension
It is understanding of the straightforward meaning of the text and can be answered directly from the
text.
b. Reorganization
It is based on literal understanding of the text, students must use information from various parts of the
c. Inference
It is making inferences involves more than a literal understanding. Students may initially have difficult
time answering inference questions because the answers are based on material that is in the text but not
explicitly stated. An inference involves students combining their literal understanding of the text with
d. Prediction
It involves students using both their understanding of the passage and their own knowledge of the topic
and related matters in a systematic fashion to determine what might happen next or after the story ends.
e. Evaluation
It requires the learner to give a global or comprehensive judgment about some aspect of the text.
f. Personal response
It requires readers to respond with their feelings for the text and the subject.
The above comprehension types are from the lowest to the highest comprehension. The higher level
the students are in, the higher comprehension they will obtain. The writer assumes that generally students
in junior high school are on the literal comprehension although in some cases might go further on the
reorganization comprehension-level. Due to the fact that the students where the writer will retain research
are on the average level, the writer is quite sure that her students are on literal comprehension-level. For
example, when the students are given a text entitled “ Tina‟s Family”, the question might be “What is
Tina‟s father‟s name?, What is Tina‟s mother‟s name?, How many sister does Tina have? Where does Tina
live?” What is more, those questions can be answered explicitly from the text.
Harmer (1991: 183) postulates that there are six receptive skills, namely: predictive skills,
extracting specific information, getting the general picture, extracting detailed information, recognizing
function and discourse pattern, and deducing meaning from the context. More recent in his opinion,
Harmer (2002: 201) describes that the skills in reading and listening are: identifying the topic, predicting
and guessing, reading and listening for general understanding, reading and listening for specific
information, reading and listening for detailed information, and interpreting text.
In the concept of micro skills for reading comprehension, Edge (1993: 108) agrees that the skills
teacher teaches to students, make students able to get general understanding of the text (skim), get main
points, get specific information (scan), make inferences; for example about opinion, implications and the
attitudes to the written words; comprehend in detail, and make evaluation what the readers have learnt and
By reading the skills stated above, the researcher might give example of what is remarked by
Harmer (2002: 202) and Edge (1993: 108). “Identifying the topic” in Harmer‟s view, is stated with
“extracting main the point” in Edge‟s view, and so does in reading for general understanding (skimming),
d. Recognize a core of words, and interpret word order patterns and their significance.
e. Recognize grammatical word classes (nouns, verbs, etc), systems (e.g; tense, agreement, pluralization),
g. Recognize cohesive devices in written discourse and their role in signaling the relationship between
h. Recognize the rhetorical forms of written discourse and their sign1ificance for interpretation.
i. Recognize the communicative functions of written texts, according to form and purpose.
relations as main idea, supporting idea, new information, given information, generalization, and
exemplification.
m. Detect culturally specific references and interpret them in a context of the appropriate cultural
schemata.
n. Develop and use a battery of reading strategies such as scanning and skimming, detecting discourse
makers, guessing the meaning of words from context, and activating schemata for interpretation of
texts.
The above explanation shows us the wide trap of micro skills for reading comprehension which are
nearly impossible to be taught to students who are in junior high school that are still in the basic level of
understanding. It is, then, the teacher‟s responsibility to assure which of the skills that would be easily
learnt and which of the skills that would be rather difficult to be learnt by students. In conclusion, the red
For instance “identifying the topic” skill is possible to be taught in junior high school if only the
topic is explicitly stated in the text (literal comprehension). Conversely, “interpreting text” skill is nearly
impossible to be taught in junior high school since it needs students‟ critical thinking so that it is probably
As the writer has explained before, the red thread is the teacher as decision maker; to select the
skills to be taught. Thus, the writer (as the teacher) intends to select some skills as follows: identifying the
topic, predicting and guessing, get general understanding (skimming), get specific information (scanning),
and get detailed information. Identifying the topic means students are asked to look for the main idea/topic
from a certain text (once more, it should be explicitly stated). Predicting and guessing can be referred to
predicting and guessing the meaning of words as well as synonym and antonym from the text provided.
Getting general understanding (skimming), together with getting specific information (scanning) are
getting the information by straightforward manner. In getting detailed information (in multiple choice
questions), students are expected to determine which one of the statements is correct or which one of the
There are two kinds of reading performance that are well-known seen from the teacher‟s role in
choosing the reading text namely extensive and intensive reading. According to Harmer (2002: 210)
extensive reading means teacher encourages students to select for themselves whatever reading materials to
choose in the purpose of pleasure and language improvement while intensive reading means teacher selects
Likewise, the same opinion is emphasized by Brown (2001: 312). He emphasizes that intensive
reading is the classroom activity which focuses on the “surface structure details text”, while extensive
reading is the outside-classroom activity which attempts to achieve a “general understanding of a longer
text book”. Recently, Richards and Schmidt (in Yamashita, 2002) says “extensive reading means reading in
According to Waring as cited in Jarrel (2003: 200) “intensive reading……to learn new vocabulary,
to look at text organization, to help (learners) discover and develop reading skills, and so on”. Then, he
…….the procedures involved (in Intensive Reading) direct a lot of attention to the vocabulary,
grammar and discourse of the text. This deliberate attention to language features means that
intensive reading fits within the strand of language-focused learning”(2003: 201).
On the other hand, extensive reading “…………is generally associated with reading large amounts
of text with the aim of getting an overall understanding of the material” (Bamford & Day, as cited in Jarrel,
2003: 201).
Furthermore, Jarrel‟s research shows that extensive reading appears to be more effective than
intensive reading of turning a weak reader into a good reader. Jarrel‟s says that extensive reading
emphasizes on “motivation,” “comprehensible input,” and „building confidence” that can help the weak
To conclude, the activity done by both teacher and students in the classroom holds on intensive
reading, vice versa, the activeness of students to improve their skills outside school time holds on extensive
reading. In intensive reading programs, students are expected not only to read a text but also demonstrate
understanding to a degree as detailed as possible which is usually concerned with vocabulary, text
organization, and overall, improve reading skills, while in extensive reading students read relatively large
amount of the text with the purpose of getting general understanding of what is being read.
Provided that one reads outside school time simultaneously, from time to time, one can develop
his/her reading habit. In other words, one is considered as high reading habits-person if he/she always reads
the books, and other reading materials such as magazines, newspapers, etc. wherever he/she is, the reading
activity is involved. It is stated by Richards and Schmidt, (2002: 193-194) as cited in Yamashita.
“Extensive reading is intended to develop good reading habits, to build up knowledge of vocabulary and
In order to get beneficial result in every single effort, people are advisedly to do their effort
maximally with both best strategies, approaches, and so does reading. According to Barnet and Ken (2003:
74), reading strategies can be broadly defined as the mental process operations formed by a reader to
solving or study skills that enhance learning more effectively and efficiently” (Oxford and Crolkall, in Pan,
2006: 1). Further, Phan cites Branmeier‟s opinion about the strategies as follows:
The strategies may involve skimming, scanning, guessing, recognizing, cognates and word families,
reading for meaning, predicting, activating general knowledge, making inferences, following
references, and separating ideas from supporting ideas (2002: 1).
Brantmeier‟s strategies for reading comprehension seem to be overlapped with what the writer has
discussed on the micro skills for reading comprehension. She advocates that micro skills as well as
strategies might be used interchangeably since those strategies show how readers tackle a reading task, how
they interpret their reading and what they do when they do not comprehend, above all, how to acquire the
micro skills.
In the same way, Nuttal (1996: 16) proposes the well-known strategies ever known, namely top-
down and bottom-up approach. In Nuttal‟s opinion, the former approach relies on schema theory (a
reader‟s intelligence, experience, and background knowledge is essential for understanding the text); while
the latter focuses on the smaller units of language that help the reader decodes a message: word and
structure recognition, the sound-letter relationship, making meaning of syntactic units phrases and
sentences.
processing has limitations. Eskey (2000, 173) points out “this model (top-down approach) is good for the
skillful, fluent reader for whom perception and decoding have become automatic, not for the less
proficient, developing reader”. Further, he points out. The decoding model (bottom-up approach) is
inadequate because it underestimates the contribution of the reader who makes predictions and processes
information. It fails to recognize that students utilize their expectations about the text, based on their prior
The above statement shows us that only if the reader is skillful, the top-down approach is more
appropriate to be used than bottom-up approach. Meanwhile, in bottom-up approach, there is the ignorance
of the importance of the student‟s way to predict the content of the text using background knowledge.
In spite of appearance limitation above, teacher ought to use these approaches interchangeably with
the reason it influences one another; if bottom-up approach is underestimated, there is the risk of
misunderstanding the basic meaning from which top-down approach is built. On the other hand, if bottom-
up approach is underestimated, learners become passive readers and do not develop the skills to be good
readers. So, it is necessary to create a balance between those two approaches. As there is no single/best
approach, the combination approach is needed so that result on a couple beautiful approaches, then the
skills learnt get into the reader‟s mind completely. It is known as interactive approach.
According to Eskey, interactive approach in reading means “interaction between reader and text”.
Moreover, he explains that good readers are good decoders and good interpreters of text, their decoding
skills become more automatic but no less important as their reading skills develop.
Notwithstanding, in the preceding discussion on micro skills of reading comprehension, the writer
has mentioned some reading skills that will be used in this research, which (in the writer‟s perception) also
have to be taught using interactive approach. For example, in identifying the topic; in order to be able to
identify the topic, reader‟s experience becomes important because reader points out it after reading the text
in which bottom-up approach relies on. By contrast, for predicting and guessing such as guessing the
From all the explanation about reading above, it can be concluded that reading is the activity of
getting the message and understanding the written symbols that are written by the authors. In reading
comprehension, students are intended to be able to understand the meaning of short written text both
functional and simple essay in the form of descriptive, procedure, narrative and recount in the daily
contexts There are six skills in reading comprehension, they are getting general idea, getting main idea,
getting explicitly stated information, getting implicitly stated information, getting meaning of certain words
as well as synonym and antonym from the text provided, and word references.
Nowadays, in the era where everyone demands improvement in education quality, the sound of
active, creative, and innovative teachers resound everywhere. The teachers whose learning strategies are
monotonous become left behind. Similarly, students who are taught by monotonous approach seem to be
Alternatively, teacher must have a better attempt with other approaches to fresh student‟s mind,
emerge the motivation, improve the skills, elevate good habits, and above all to have long impact on
student‟s improvement. One of the methods proposed is cooperative learning, which implements
cooperative activities by emerging small groups in the classroom. In this student-centered approach, as its
name proposed, students become the center of the learning as they are actively involved in the teaching and
learning process.
Cooperative learning stems from the word „cooperation‟. Johnson & Johnson (2006: 43) remark
that cooperation is working together to accomplish shared goals. Further, both say that within cooperative
learning groups of students are given two responsibilities: to learn the assigned material and make sure that
all other members of their group do likewise. Johnson, Johnson, and Holubec (2006: 175) say that
Cooperative learning is the instructional use of small groups so that students work together to maximize
Cooperative learning is group learning activity organized so that learning is dependent on the
socially structured exchange of information between learners in groups and in which each learner is
held accountable for his/ her own leaning and is motivated to increase the learning of others.
Based on the theories above, it can be concluded that in cooperative learning students are involved
in small group activities formed by the teacher, where each group has the same aim to tackle the problem
given by the teacher, and in order to embark this purpose, everyone in each group is responsible for the
success not only his/her own but also other members in the groups.
Teacher may think their classroom activities reflect cooperative learning, for instance having
students sit side by side at the same table, doing the task (from teacher), and then assigning to write a report
to a group. The most possibility happening in such activities is, one (the high-achieving student) does all
the work alone while the others (average and slow-achieving students) only put their name on the paper
The low motivation and attitudes may impact learning outcomes. In addition, the study used teacher
still traditional. In the discussion material may occasionally use, but limited to the conventional discussion,
so it is often found that students still depend on friends or teachers and students tend to be lazy to think. To
solve the above problems, we need a method of learning that involves the active role of students to work
together to maximize the learning conditions, so as to improve students' motivation and learning outcomes.
Efforts to increase motivation and learning outcomes of students is done by applying economic model of
TPS is a simple technique with great advantages. TPS can increase a student's ability to recall
information, and the student can also learn from other students as well as each other to convey the idea
discussed before that is delivered in front of the class. In addition, TPScan also improve self-confidence
and all students are given the opportunity to participate in the class. TPS is one of the cooperative learning
methods which consist of three stages, namely thinking, pairing, and sharing. Teachers are no longer the
only source of learning (teacher oriented), but rather the students are required to be able to discover and
Based on, the background of the problems that have been previously described, as an alternative
and innovative learning to develop communication skills and the process of interaction between individuals
that can be used as a means of social interaction between the students and at the same time answer the
a. Definition of ThinkPairShare
The think, pair, share strategy is a cooperative learning technique that encourages individual
participation and is applicable across all grade levels and class sizes. Students think through questions
1) Think: Students think independently about the question that has been posed, forming ideas of their
own.
2) Pair: Students are grouped in pairs to discuss their thoughts. This step allows students to articulate
3) Share: Student pairs share their ideas with a larger group, such as the whole class. Often, students
are more comfortable presenting ideas to a group with the support of a partner. In addition,
students' ideas have become more refined through this three-step process.
The think, pair, share strategy is ideal for teachers and students who are new to collaborative
learning . It can be used in a variety of contexts. However, to be effective, students must consider a
question or issue. It could be a complex question, such as, "What do you think were the key issues that
led to World War I?" It could be a more straightforward request, such as, "Create a pattern that could
As students consider the question or issue, they should derive some benefit from thinking about
it further with partners, such as when there are multiple correct answers to a question. For instance, in
the previous example, students could provide many examples of “a, b, a, b” patterns and seeing
multiple answers will reinforce this concept. On the other hand, providing students with questions that
have only one correct response, such as, "What is 5 + 2?" soon becomes tedious to students, as there is
The "think" step may require students merely to be quiet for a few moments and ponder their
thoughts about the question. They may write some thoughts in response to the question.
Some teachers find it helpful to set a time limit for the "think" and "pair" steps of the strategy.
If you choose to do this, be sure to give students an idea of how much time they will have. Remember
to allow sufficient time during the "pair" step to allow both students to talk about their thoughts.
In the "share" step of the strategy, students can share their ideas in several ways. One way is to
have all students stand, and after each student responds, he or she sits down, as does any student with a
similar response. This continues until everyone is seated. Another way is to move quickly through the
class, having students respond quickly, one after the other, or to have a class vote. Responses can be
recorded on an overhead projector or on a graphic organizer for future discussions. Another variation
is to stop after the "pair" step, and have students write their ideas. Collect students' responses and
This strategy often stretches students' thinking merely by its implementation. Some students
consider it a challenge to articulate their thoughts to another person. However, once students become
comfortable with this aspect, there are ways to expand the strategy achievement.
One way to is to be sure that students have opportunities to pair with a variety of partners.
Pairing students who sit closest to each other is convenient but doesn't provide the same intellectual or
social challenge as accommodating the learning and discussion styles of a variety of classmates.
Another method for varying the strategy is to allow two "pair" steps before proceeding to
"share." Students can either participate in two consecutive pairings or can pair with one student and
then the first pair can be grouped with another pair to discuss their thoughts before joining a whole-
class discussion. This double-pair method is particularly helpful if you have a very large class or are
c. Advantages of ThinkPairShare
ThinkPairShare can be use for all subjects and for all ages of students (Lie, 2005). TPS is able
to optimize the participation of students in all subjects. The application of classical methods only
allows one student to come and share the results to the entire class. TPS provides more opportunities
for each student to recognize and show their participation to other. In addition, TPS also provides the
TPS activities pose a question to students that they must consider it alone and then discuss it
with a neighbor before settling on a final answer. This is a great way to motivate students and promote
higher-level thinking. Even though the activity is called think-"PAIR"-share, this is the term many
instructors use for pairs and small groups (three or four students) alike. Groups may be formed
formally or informally. Often this group discussion "sharing" is followed up with a larger classroom
sometimes the activities may be longer and more involved, "extended think-pair-share". The
instructor can use the student responses as the basis for discussion, to motivate a lecture segment, and
to obtain feedback about what students know or are thinking and it is easy to incorporate more than
1) Instructors find they can have a format change during lecture that only takes a small amount of
class time. Preparation is generally easy and takes a short amount of time.
2) The personal interaction motivates students who might not generally be interested in the
discipline.
4) It engages the entire class and allows quiet students to answer questions without having to stand
5) It can assess student understanding by listening in on several groups during the activity, and by
6) The fluid nature of group formation makes this technique very effective and popular for use by
as the frequent use of such activities generally improves student comfort levels and willingness to
model. When teacher becomes the center of the teaching and learning, it means he/she is the real
actor in the classroom. Teacher gives explanation, presents the material thereby it can be
concluded that DI is also closely related to “lecture and presentation” (Arends, 1997: 64). Nunan
(1996: 49) argues “………….in direct instruction, the teacher explicitly instructs the learners”. It
seems that both Arends and Nunan agree with its name proposed, the essential thing in DI is
“instruction”. Teacher instructs the students while students listen to teacher‟s instruction as well as
There are two phases of DI ”Planning Tasks and Interactive Tasks” (Arends, 1997: 75). The
1) Planning Tasks
a) Preparing Objective
b) Choosing Content
2) Interactive Tasks
Before conducting DI model, first, teacher must prepare the objective of the teaching and
learning process and decide whether the objectives are appropriate with the students. Second,
choose contents either from books or other resources which must be in line with the curriculum.
Third, it must be considered that complex skills cannot be learned at one time so that it needs tasks
Find out what a knowledgeable person knows or does when the skills is performed, divide
the overall skills into sub skills, order sub skills logically so that some are prerequisite to
others, design strategies to teach of the sub skills and then combine them”.
The last in the planning tasks is planning time and space. It means teacher should clearly
state in his/her lesson plan time and space that will be used so that the learning process does not
Interactive task takes place in the main point (in the teaching and learning process). First,
teacher must establish the set by explaining the objective or purpose of the material that will be
learnt. Only by explaining objectives, students will compensate that their learning will be
beneficial as well as fruitful for their future. Second, he provides presentation and demonstration
of the material in the purpose that students achieve clarity of the material given. In this section,
teacher must ensure that his/her presentation does not embark students‟ confusion but embark on
students‟ understanding. Third, provide guided practice by considering some principals as follows:
The next is, checking understanding and providing feedback. “Teacher asks students and
students give answer” is the closed example in this section. This is the salient thing in DI model
with the reason that without knowing how far students understand, teacher‟s guided practice
seems nonsense for students because teacher does not check it anymore. It is better that feedback
is given as soon as possible after the practice because students can remember clearly their own
Likewise, as students perform negative feedback, teacher must show how to perform it clearly. In
providing good feedback, teacher can do this by, for instance: “verbal feedback, video or audio
independent practice. They must do it either individually or in groups without teacher‟s help.
Arends (1997: 88) comments that most independent practice assigned to students as the final
From the definition and phases above, it can be concluded that DI is a teacher-centered
Arends (1997:69) states that the learning theory which contributes most to Direct Instruction
model is Behavioral Modeling theory. Further, he explores that it is originated by Dollard and
Miller in the 1930s and 1940s. It is attempted “to use mechanisms of observation and vicarious
reinforcement to explain the acquisition of various social behaviors such as aggressions and
cooperation”.
In the same way, Bandura as cited in Arends (1997: 296) declares that human learning is
done by selectively observing and memorizing the behaviors of others. Further, he argues that it is
a three-step processing: attention, retention, and production. In order to get students‟ attention,
teacher may use gesture as expressively as possible. Retention is used to link the new skill to the
students‟ prior knowledge and production is used to practice the new skills.
Reading the backgrounds above, the writer can take some points: DI focuses on teacher‟s
behavior imitated by students where it is firstly introduced by teacher‟s way to get students‟
attention continued by retention and ended by production; it is where Behavioral Modeling theory
takes places.
C. Rationale
Reading involves understanding written text that needs simultaneous experiences which are
influenced by reader‟s attitude and exercises which can be facilitated by employing appropriate strategy
and technique. In reading class, students need to employ approaches which place them as active
learners, and not passive learners, as well as provide them cares of their friends‟ needs.
Based on the theory above it can be assumed that, the researchers captured a more active class
of experiments by using the technique of think pair share. Students become more interested because the
students enjoy and feel more relaxed on his own learning. So, the students will be able to better
understand the material if the students can be more active in the learning process. The personal
interactions motivates students who might not generally be interested in the discipline. On the contrary,
with the techniques taught in class experimental in the classroom atmosphere is also more life to be
monotonous and students also do not feel bored when it is compared to the control class. Because the
classis so likely to control the atmosphere is not as active as passive experimental class. Thus, it can be
assumed that Think Pair Share technique is more effective and more supportive for the effectiveness of
classroom learning activity to thestudents than Direct Instruction to the control class.
D. Hypotheses
1. Think Pair Share can gives better response than Direct Instruction to students in teaching reading
2. Think Pair Share method is more effective than Direct Instruction for teaching reading at the
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
This chapter deal‟s with the place and time of the study, the method of the study, population,
sample and sampling, variables and research design, technique of collecting the data, and technique of
Research is about inquiry that has systematic processes: a question, problem, or hypothesis,
data and analysis of the data (Nunan, 1992: 2).The experiment is used in this research. There are
forms of experimentaldesign, in this research the researcher used True Experimental Design. The
There are two forms of design of true experiment, it isPosttest Only Control Design and
Pretest Group Design. In this research the researcher used Posttest Only Control Design. In this
design the researcher implements a treatment on the experimental class but does not implement it
on the control class. The treatment is the independent variable: Think Pair Share method in the
experimental group and old method Direct Instructional in the control group.
In order to ensure that it is easier for the researcher to conduct the research, he is willing to
have his research on her own school. It is a religion-based junior high school commonly known as
SMP N 1 Juwiring in the academic year of 2013/2014. The research will be conducted from
In research especially in experiments, the term subject is used to mean someone who
participates in an experiment. The subjects are the participants in the experiment, those who receive
the experimental treatment. Subjects of this study are the eight grade students at SMP N 1 Juwiring
1. Population
Arikunto (2004:115) states that the population is all the subjects of a research. From the
statement, the researcher can conclude that population is all subjects or individuals with certain
characteristics that will be analyzed. Fraenkel and Walen (1999:554) states that, population
isthe group to which the researcher would like the result of the study to be generalizable.
Dealing with those definitions of population, it can be said that the population of this study is
the eleventh grade students of SMP N 1 Juwiring in the academic year of 2013/2014 which
2. Sample
Sugiyono (2007 : 66 ) sample is some, but not all, the elements of the population. In choosing
the sample, the researcher use random sampling. From the random sampling, the researcher got
VIII A as the experimental group while VIII B as the control group. The numbers of sample in
this research are two classes that consist of VIII A (30 students) and VIII B (30 students). So,
3. Sampling
According to Fraenkel and Walen (1993: 556), sampling is the process of selecting a
number of individuals (a sample) from a population, preferably in such way that individuals
represent the larger group from which they were selected. So, sampling is a way to take sample
from population.
The sampling used in this study is cluster random sampling technique. This technique is
used when the population is divided into groups or classes. So, when the writer is willing to
retain the research on SMP N 1 Juwiring population, he can choose eleventh grade students.
Then, the researcher takes two classes to be used in this research. The classes are VIII A class
and VIII B class which consist of 60students, one class for the experimental group and another
After getting two classes as the sample of this research, then the writer determines the
experimental class and control class. The similarities of their characteristics are taken from
1. Variables
There are two kinds of variables; independent variable and dependent variable. Below
a. Independent Variable (X): the implementation of TPS (VIII A) and Direct Instruction
method (VIII B)
2. Research design
The design of this research used True Experimental design type Posttest Only Control
aretwogroupseach of whichis chosen at random (R). The first group was treated (X) and the
other group was not giventreatment. The group given treatment called experimental group and
the group that was not given treatment called control group (Sugiyono, 2009 :112). The design
R X O2
Where:
R : Sample in randomized
X : Treatment
04 : Post-test for DI
Data are absolute requirement of a research as it is a means of proving hypothesis. Data are used
to either solve or answer the problem of the research. In order to get the appropriate data, data must be
collected by using appropriate method. According toArikunto, there are some techniques of collecting
the data, namely: test, questionnaire, interview, observation, rating scale, and documentation (2002:
127).
In this research, the data are resulted from the test of students‟ reading comprehension in
English.
1. Test
Arikunto (2006 : 150)state that test is a list of question or exercises and also other tools for
measuring the skills, intelligence knowing, abilities and talents that have been owned by individual
or groups. In this research, the researcher used post test to find out the student‟s achievement in
reading comprehension after implementing two methods in order to measure student‟s competence.
The students are from class VIII A and VIII B of SMP N 1 Juwiring. The content of the test was a
The writer used objective test. It was a multiple-choice type. The test consisted of 40
question items with 4 alternative choices for 90 minutes. Alternative choice included one correct
answer and 3 incorrect answers. Posttest was given after two classes were given treatment on
October 27thfor the experimental class and on October 29st,2013 for the control class. The purpose
of this test is to know which one who got higher score between this experimental class and control
class.
2. Observation
Burns (1999: 80) says that observation is taking regular conscious to notice of classroom act
and occurrence which are particularly relevant to the issues or topics being investigated. In this
research, observation was done by the researcher. Observation is a way of finding out more about
the students‟ responses. Students‟ behaviors and activities were observed by during the English
classes. The observation was focusing on the development of students‟ reading comprehension by
using Think Pair Share in experimental class and direct instruction in control class.
1. Blueprint of Instrument
In using the techniques of collecting data in order to obtain the desire information, the
collecting data instrument must be required. The collecting data of instrumentis a tool to obtain data
about phenomena (variables) which are researched. According to the technique used to collectthe
data, in this study the instruments of collecting data were test. This is the blue print of reading
Table 3.1
Table 3.2
Done*
Aspects Indicator Yes Not
Willingness to explain
2. Test of Instrument
In one studyparticular statistical studies can not be separated from the measurements.It was
to find out whether the instrument is good or not. That is why Suharsimi Arikunto (2006: 168)
warns thata good instrument must meet two important requirements, which is valid and reliable.
Therefore, the need for testing is in order to determine the validity and reliability of the instrument
that will be used to collect the data. The validity and reliability of the instruments are essential to be
determined.
Xi Xt
r2
a. The items validity: st pi
qi
where:
r = Coefficient of validity
2
2 rb
ri
b. The reliability: 1 rb
Where:
k = Total item
2
s = Total Variance
t
G. Data Analysis
It is a must to determine the normality and homogeneity of the test before analyzing the data.
1. Normality Test
It is used to determine whether the data are in normaldistribution or not. The result of students‟
with the criteria if (Asymp.sign.2-tailed) is higher than α at the level of significant 5% (0,05), the
Levenne’Test is used to test the homogeneity of the population variants. IfLevenne’Test value
(Fo<Ft) or F value lower than F table, it can be concluded that the data are homogenous.
H. Hypothesis Testing
To find the conclusions from the problems above and to justify the hypothesis, the data needs
to be analyzed. The writer analyzes those data to be compared to the mean of experimental and control
group and the student‟s responses to TPS and DI method. The writer analyzes the data by using
statistical calculation and description. Below the description of the test and questionnaire to answer the
To find out the answer the first problem the writer uses t-test formula, which is:
Mx My
t
22
x y 1 1
Nx Ny 2 Nx Ny
Where:
2 2
x x
x2
N
2
2
y2 y
y N
Note:
Y : deviation Y and Y
Before the writer analyzed the data, the writer used a formula tableof the control group (X) and
experimental group (Y). Then, here is obtained – t (to) compared with the t- table.
4. General Description
SMP Negeri 1 Juwiring is one of the favorite junior high schools in Klaten. It is located in
Kenaiban, Juwiring, Klaten. SMP Negeri 1 Juwiring was established in 1984. SMP Negeri 1
Juwiring has a large area. The total area is about 2,300 m2 and this area is divided into two parts,
they are 1,700m2 for the building and 600 m2 for the yard, parking area and the basketball field.
The building of this school are divided into several rooms, they are; a headmaster office, a teacher
room, a guiding and counseling room, a school committee room, a living room, a student committee
room, a school health unit, a computer and multimedia room, a library, a language laboratory, a
scientific laboratory, a mosque, eighteen classrooms, six canteens, a kitchen, and ten toilets. In the
middle of the building, there is a square field which is used for sport activity and ceremony.
Like other junior high schools, SMP Negeri 1 Juwiring consists of three grades. They are
grade VII, grade VIII, and grade IX. Those grades have different number of students. Each grade
consists of six classes and thirty five up to forty students for each class. SMP Negeri 1 Juwiring has
a school committee and 46 staff. They can be divided into: a headmaster, a vice headmaster,
administrators, forty three teachers including subject teacher, eighteen class teachers, three guiding
and counseling teachers, a librarian and a laboratory staff, a cleaning service, and a security officer.
5. Facilities
There are some facilities which are owned by SMP Negeri 1 Juwiring, such as library,
scientific laboratory, language laboratory, art room with supporting facilities inside. In the library
the students can read and borrow some books to support their studies or even to refresh their minds.
Meanwhile, in the language laboratory the students can practice English skills especially listening
and reading. Besides, in the art room the students can practice how to make some handicrafts and to
practice dancing.
6. Extracurricular Activities
SMP Negeri 1 Juwiring has three extracurricular activities that can be followed and enjoyed
a. Religious activity, that focuses on reading the Holy Qur‟an (BTA and Qira‟ah). This activity is
b. Basketball, is one of the units of sport. This sport is held once a week on Tuesday, starting from
2.30 pm up to 4 pm for each meeting. The students who are permitted to join this activity are
c. Scout (pramuka), is a very useful activity for students to train their creativity, teamwork, skill
and to face problems. This activity can also increase their independence and their solidarity to
other human beings. This extracurricular is held once a week on Friday. The scout trainers only
supervise the activities but the activities are conducted by the chief assistants who are taken
B. Research Finding
Teaching reading was done by the researcher to find out the students‟ ability in reading
comprehension through Think-Pair-Share (TPS) to the subject under study, the eighth grade students
SMPN 1 Juwiring in academic year 2013/2014. The writer held this research by teaching reading
process that was done at two classes that are VIII A as experiment class and VIII B as control class.
The writer tried to teach English use Think-Pair-Share in experimental class. The writer
used Think-Pair-Share technique to build communicative class. In this research the writer took
sample as many as 30 students from class VIII A. Teaching reading to increase the students‟
The first meeting done on Monday, October 21th 2013. The procedure of teaching is as follow :
1) Pre-Activities
a) Teacher open the class by greeting the students, the students answer teacher‟s greeting.
b) Teacher introduces herself to the students, students listen carefully and ask question to
their teacher.
c) Teacher check the students attendance list, students listen their name carefully.
d) Attract student‟s attention through interesting question such as “have you ever read story
book or fairly tale?” what kind of fairly tale or legend that you have read?”
e) Students answer teacher‟s question and share their fairly tale collection.
2) Whilst-Activities
a) Teacher explain the generic structure in narrative text, students listen carefully and pay
b) Then, teacher gives reading material and asks students to read it and answer those
comprehensive question individually (Think Activities). The students read about reading
material individually and get the information from the text (Think Activities).
c) Ask the students into the pair to discuss their answers to their partners (Pair Activities).
The students find their partners and discuss it together (Pair Activities).
d) Asking students to share their idea and discussing the answer with other pairs in group.
e) Sharing their ideas and answer into the whole of the class randomly (Sharing Activities).
Some students share their opinion randomly in the whole of the class (Sharing
Activities).
f) Teacher rechecks student‟s answer generally, students listen and pay attention to the
teacher‟s explanation.
g) Teacher improves student‟s answer generally, students make some notes after the
3) Post-Activities
a) Teacher asks the students “Do you have any questions?, students raise his/her hands and
ask a question.
b) Teacher answer student‟s question, students pay attention to the teacher‟s explanation
c) Teacher gives a post test to the students, students answer the post test.
d) Teacher ask students to make summary of what they have learned that day, students give
e) Teacher close the class and says good bye, students say good bye too.
It was little difficult to get better scores because the students always stay in conventional
method as explained by the English teacher to the researcher. The students need more time to
adapt this strategy. Therefore; the researcher concluded that applying TPS technique in the
teaching of reading needed longer duration or more meetings in a research in order to get the
maximum result.
b. Meeting II
The second meeting was done on Thursday, October 24th 2013. The procedure of teaching is as
follow:
1) Pre-Activities
a) Teacher opens the class by greeting the students, Students answer teacher‟s greeting.
b) Teacher checks the students attendance list, Students listen their name carefully.
c) Teacher attracts student‟s attention through interesting question such as “have you ever
read story book or fairly tale? what kind of fairly tale or legend that you have read”? The
students answer teacher‟s question and share their fairly tale collection.
2) Whilst-Activities
a) Teacher explains the generic structure in narrative text, students listen carefully and pay
b) Teacher gives reading material and asks students to read it and answer it those
comprehensive question individually (Think Activities). The students read the reading
material individually and get the information from the text (Think Activities)
c) Teacher asks the students into the pair to discuss their answers with their partners (Pair
Activities). Students find their partners and discuss it together (Pair Activities).
d) Teacher asks students to share their idea and discussing the answer with other pairs in
e) Students share their ideas and answer into the whole of the class randomly (Sharing
Activities). Some students share their opinion randomly in the whole of the class
(Sharing Activities).
f) Teacher rechecks student‟s answer generally, students listen and pay attention to the
teacher‟s explanation.
g) Teacher improves student‟s answer generally, students make some notes after teacher
explains it.
3) Post-Activities
a) Teacher asks the students “Do you have any questions?, students raise his/her hands and
ask a question.
b) Teacher answer student‟s question, students pay attention to teacher‟s explanation and
c) Teacher gives post test to the students, students answer post test.
d) Teacher ask students to give summary what they have learned today, students give
e) Teachers closing material and say good bye, students say good bye too
During applying TPS technique in meeting II, the students were able to communicate with
their friend so it solved the problem related to the question. This technique allows the
students the chance to speak, share personal views and develop their skills for working with
others. They improved their confidence by explaining their ideas briefly and build
confidence with students who were often reluctant to talk in front of the whole class
Direct Instruction is the teaching manner that is used by the teacher directly face to face
with the students to give the material in front of the class and it is very easy to make the students
understandable to accept the teacher explanation. Teaching reading with direct instruction was done
a. Opening, the teacher greets the students, then the teacher asks the students about the reading.
b. The teacher writes the key words of the topic on the board and explaining them to the students.
He gives simple information about the reading topic, same to the students' level. For example,
translate the idea of the topic by giving them the idea in their language and culture.
c. The teacher speaks with understandable language. The teacher should use everyday language
and sentences that are used by the teacher should not be too long, because it can make the
d. The teacher divides the materials that will be given. The teacher reviews all of the matter that
has given before she continues the next subject. Dividing the materials becomes a problem. The
amounts of those materials are not taken all. After one the problem has been solved, the teacher
e. The teacher gives a detailed explanation about reading English and also the examples to the
students. The teacher asks the students to read the passages in 20 minutes then asks the students
After the teaching reading process that was done at two classes, those are VIII A as experimental
class and VIII B as control class, here are the result of the reading comprehension. The description
includes the mean, the mode, the median, the standard deviation and frequency distribution followed by
histogram and polygon. The writer got the data from post test, which was given after the lesson
finished.
Based on the group analyzed, the descriptions of the data can be divided into two groups, they are
as follows:
1. The post-test data of the reading comprehension of the students for the group taught by Think-Pair-
2. The post-test data of the reading comprehension of the students for the group taught by Direct
1. The post-test data of the reading comprehension of the students for the group taught by Think-Pair-
Descriptive analysis of the post-test data from experimental group shows that the score is 68
up to 95. The mean is 79,333 the standard deviation is 5,713, the mode is 79,733, the median is
80,000. The frequency distribution of the post-test data of experimental class is in table 1.
68 - 72 2 70 140
73 - 77 7 75 525
78 - 82 12 80 960
83 - 87 6 85 510
88 - 92 2 90 180
93 - 95 1 95 95
in Experimental Class
14
13 12
12
11
10
9
8 7
Frekuensi
7 6
6
5
4
3 2 2
2
1
1
0
68-72 73-77 78-82 83-87 88-92 93-95
Interval
Figure 4.1. Polygon of
Student‟s Reading Comprehension in Experiment Class
2. The post-test data of the reading comprehension of the students for the group taught by Direct
Descriptive analysis of the post-test data from class control shows that the score is 55 up to
83. The mean is 67,433 the standard deviation is 6,170, the mode is 70,500, the median is 68,500.
The frequency distribution of the data of post-test control is in table 2. Histogram and polygon are
presented in figure 2.
55 - 59 3 57 171
60 - 64 6 62 372
65 - 69 8 67 536
70 - 74 10 72 720
75 - 79 2 77 154
80 - 83 1 82 82
in Control Class
12
11 10
10
9 8
8
7 6
Frekuensi
6
5
4 3
3 2
2
1
1
0
55-59 60-64 65-69 70-74 75-79 80-83
Interval
Figure 4.2. Polygon of
Student‟s Reading Comprehension in Control Class
Before analyzing the data using inferential analysis, normality, and homogeneity test must be
done. The normality test is to know that the sample is in normal distribution and the homogeneity test is
to know that the data are homogenous. Each test is presented in the following section.
2. Normality Test
The
Alfa Distribution
Number L Obtained L Table
No. Data of
of (Lo) (Lt) ( )
Population
Sample
Homogeneity test is done to know that the data are homogeneous. If o2 is lower than t2(0.05),
The
Number 2 2 Alfa
No. Data Verb
of Table
( )
Sample
Based on the result of calculation above, it can be seen that the 2 (0,431) is lower than t at the
level of significantee ( ) 5% = 3,841. So 2 < t (0,431 < 3,841) and the data are homogeneous.
D. Hypothesis Test
Hypothesis test can be done after the result of normality and homogeneity test are fulfilled. The
test is done by using independent sample t test. Ho is rejected if t > ttable meaning that there are
1. Seeking Mean
XE
Mean experiment (XE) =
N
2380
=
30
= 79,333
XC
Mean control (XC) =
N
2023
=
30
= 67,433
Group XE = 976,667
Group XC = 1271,367
(X E - X E ) 2
SE2 =
nE - 1
976,667
=
30 - 1
= 33,678
(X C - X C ) 2
SC2 =
nC - 1
1271,367
=
30 - 1
= 43,840
2 2
S = (n E 1)S E (n C 1)SC
nE nC - 2
= 6,226
5. Seeking t
XE XC
t =
1 1
S
nE nC
79,333 67, 43 3 11,900
= =
1 1 1,607
6,191
30 30
= 7,403
6. Seeking t table
7. Criteria
8. Conclusion
Because t > ttable (7,403 > 2,000) for the level significance of 0,05, so H0 is not accepted. It means
there are differences reading comprehension between experiment and control class. It means the
result is: There is a significant difference in students‟ reading comprehension between the students
taught using TPS and those taught by using DI. The students taught by using TPS (79,333) have
E. Discussion
1. The Implementation of Think Pair Share to Teach Reading to the Eighth Grade Students of
TPS is one of the techniques that can be applied in teaching reading because TPS technique
in one of potential activity that gives students feeling of freedom to understand English. The
researcher conducted the treatments in three meetings. The procedure of the implementation of TPS
in teaching reading is divided into three stages: pre-activities, whilst-activities, and post-activities.
Pre-activities is about introducing and attracting the students‟ attention. Whilst-activities were done
to reading the materials and answer the questions individually (Think Activities), ask the students to
discuss their answer with their partner (Pair Activities), and share their ideas and answers to the
whole class randomly (Sharing Activities). Post-activities is about giving summary and closing
teaching learning.
After the meeting I, it was little difficult to get better scores because the students always
stayed in conventional method as explained by the English teacher to the researcher. The students
needed more time to adapt this strategy. Therefore; the researcher concluded that applying TPS
technique in the teaching of reading needed longer duration or more meetings in order to get the
During applying TPS technique in meeting II, the students were able to communicate with
their friend to solve the problems related to the question. This technique allows the students the
chance to speak, share personal views and develop their skills for working with other. They
improved their confidence by explaining their idea briefly and building confidence with students
Based on the description above, there are three major steps in TPS technique. The first step
was Think; students think independently about the question that has been posed and forming the
ideas of their own. The second step was Pair; students were grouped in pairs to discuss their
thoughts. This step allows students to articulate their ideas and to consider those of others. And the
last step was Share; student pairs share their ideas with a larger group such as the whole class.
2. Think Pair Share the Effectiveness of compare to Direct Instruction to Teach Reading to the
The result of hypothesis test with t-test shows that there is a significant difference of the
student‟s reading comprehension between those who are taught using Think-Pair-Share and those
who are taught using Direct Instruction . It can be proved from the score result of t (7,403) which is
higher than ttable (2,000). The result of analysis shows that the mean score ( X ) of the students who
are taught using Think-Pair-Share (79,333) is higher than those who are taught using Direct
Instruction (67,433). It means that the students who are taught using Think-Pair-Share have better
reading comprehension than those who are taught using Direct Instruction .
So, TPS technique increased the students‟ reading comprehension. This technique was
successful for improving students‟ reading comprehension. They were enthusiastic to think and
share their understanding. During the process of teaching learning, the students were active and
enthusiastic. They thought individually then they shared their ideas in pair and in whole discussion.
The class was enjoyable and interesting during teaching and learning process. The motivation of
students to read English text increased as well. It could be seen from the activities in pair group, and
they shared about their understanding of the text. This activity increased students‟ motivation. All
of the students participated in these activities and made the class alive and cooperative, and the
In the TPS technique for learning and teaching process, students were provided with authentic
text that they had to share and communicate to each other. The students were given some questions
related to the text to be thought individually before shared their ideas in pair and then to the whole
class. In the individual think, the students were not allowed to ask the other students. Then in pair
time, the students just shared their idea to each pair in order that they could find out their own
understanding. In this activity, the students were more active, argumentative, and selective. And the
last activity was Share. Every pair had to share the ideas which they discussed in pair.
Often, students were more comfortable in presenting ideas to a whole class with the support of
a partner. In addition, students‟ ideas became more valid through these three steps (think-pair-
share). So, the student‟s can improve the reading comprehension. In accordance with Cathy (2013),
Think-Pair-Share (TPS) technique gave some advantages that develop positive interdependence as
the students are able to learn from each other and also provides individual accountability because
A. Conclusions
Based on the data analysis, so the researcher can come to the conclusions as follows:
1. The implementation of Think Pair Share to teach reading at the Eighth grade students of SMP N 1
Juwiring academic year of 2013/2014 is conducted in three meetings. Each meeting is divided into
and attracting student‟s attention. Whilst-activities: the first step was Think; students think
independently about the question that has been posed and forming the ideas of their own. The
second step was Pair; students were grouped in pairs to discuss their thoughts. This step allows
students to articulate their ideas and to consider those of others. And the last step was Share; student
pairs share their ideas with a larger group such as the whole class. The post-activities is about
2. There is a significant difference of the effects on the students‟ reading comprehension between
those who were taught using Think-Pair-Share and those who were taught using Direct Instruction .
It can be proved from the score result of t (7,403) which is higher than t table (2,000). The students
who were taught using Think-Pair-Share (79,333) had higher scores than those who were taught
using Direct Instruction (67,433). It means that the students who were taught using Think-Pair-
Share have better reading comprehension than those who were taught using Direct Instruction . The
comprehension.
B. Suggestion
Based on the result of research, the researcher would like to propose some suggestions as
follows:
a. The teacher is suggested to use Think Pair Share as one alternative of good techniques in
teaching reading comprehension since it can build up the students‟ interest, participations, and
b. The teacher is expected to enrich the knowledge about the method and the technique. It can be
some help for teaching reading comprehension with its components such as finding the word
meanings, important information, and main ideas. It is believed that the students‟ abilities in
c. The teacher should be creative and innovative to avoid the monotone teaching technique in the
class. And the teacher should have many ideas to make the students active and enthusiastic in
a. The students can use Think Pair Share technique with school friends as a guidance to increase
b. The students are suggested to make use of public libraries as the places for improving their
reading comprehension and expected to read various kinds of English reading texts outside the
school time.
3. The next researcher can study the process of teaching English using TPS technique for different
skill, such as speaking and writing, or applying TPS technique to improve students‟ English
achievements.
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Appendix 1
Blueprint of Reading Comprehension Test
No Criteria Number Total
1 Main Ideas 1, 8, 16, 26 4
2 Detail Information 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13,17, 18, 26
19, 20, 21, 22, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32,
36, 37, 38, 39
3 Lexical Meaning 6, 14, 15, 25, 34, 40 6
4 Reference 23, 24, 33, 35 4
Once upon a time there lived a group of mice under a tree in peace. However, a group of elephants
crossing the jungle unknowingly destroyed the homes of all the rats. Many of them were even crushed to
death.
Then taking of rats decided to approach the elephant's chief and request him to guide his herd
through another route. On hearing the sad story, the elephant's king apologized and agreed to take another
route. And so the lives of the rats were saved.
One day elephant-hunters came to the jungle and trapped a group of elephants in huge nets. Then
the elephant king suddenly remembered the king of the rats. He summoned on of the elephants of his herd,
which had not been trapped, to go seek help from the king and told him about the trapped elephants.
The rat's king immediately took his entire group of rats and they cut open the nets which had
trapped the elephant's herd. The elephant herd was totally set free. They danced with joy and thank the rats.
4. What is generic structure of "once upon a time there lived a group of mice under a tree in peace"?
A. Identification
B. Orientation
C. Complication
D. Resolution
Once upon a time there lived a little girl named Snow White. She lived with her aunt and uncle
because her parents had died.
One day, she heard her uncle and aunt talking about leaving Snow White in the castle because they
both wanted to go to America and they didn't have money to take Snow White with them.
Snow White didn't want her uncle and aunt to do this, so she decided to run away. The next day she
ran away from home when her aunt and uncle were having breakfast. She ran away into the woods. She
was very tired and hungry. Then, she saw a little cottage. She knocked out but no one answered. So, she
want inside and fell asleep.
Meanwhile, the seven dwarfs were coming home from work. They went inside. There they found
Snow White sleeping. Then Snow White woke up. She saw the dwarfs Doc, one of the dwarfs asked,
“What is your name?” Snow White answered “My name is Snow White.”
The dwarf said, “if you wish, you may live here with us” Snow White said, “Oh, could I? Thank
you.” Then, Snow White told the dwarfs the whole story about her. Snow White and the seven dwarfs lived
happily ever after.
6. Snow White ran from house ...
A. At night
B. In the morning
C. At midnight
D. In the evening
8. The dwarf said, “ If you wish, you may live here with us .” What did the dwarf mean with the words
underlined?
A. He asked Snow White for a permission to stay with her
B. He offered Snow White to stay with them
C. He showed his interest in Snow White
D. He agrred to stay with Snow White
Once there was a farmer from Laos. Every morning and every evening, he ploughed his field with
his buffalo.
One day, a tiger saw a mouse deer, and a cockerel walking together to meet a snail. O their way,
they saw a farmer and a buffalo working in the field. The tiger said to the mouse deer and a cockerel, "I
wonder how stupid the buffalo is. He lets himself being ruled by the small animal." "You are right. The big
animal is really stupid. I'm sure he knows very well that the small animal has killed my brothers and sisters
for their meals", said the cockerel. "Well, if it were true, the small animal must be heartless one. I think
you'd better ask the big animal, Tiger" said the mouse deer.
After the man went home, the tiger spoke to the buffalo, "You are so big and strong. Why do you
do everything the man tells you?" The buffalo answered, "Oh the man is very intelligent." The tiger asked,
"Can you tell me how intelligent he is?" "No, I can't tell you," said the buffalo, "but you can ask him."
So the next day the tiger said to the man, Can I see your intelligence?" But the man answered, "It's
at home." "Can you go and get it?" asked the tiger. "Yes," said the man, "but I'm afraid you will kill my
buffalo when I'm gone. Can I tie you on a tree?"After the man tied the tiger on the tree, he didn't go home
to get his intelligence. He took his plough and hit tiger. Then he said, "Now, you know about my
intelligence even if you haven't seen it"
11. Which of the following was surprised to see the buffalo and the farmer working on the field?
A. The lion
B. The tiger
C. The snail
D. The cockerel
Once upon a time, there was a beautiful girl called Cinderella. She lived with her stepsister &
stepmother. They were very bossy. She had to do all the housework.
One day, an invitation to the ball came to the family. Her stepsister did not let her go, so Cinderella
was very sad. The stepsister went to the ball without her.
Fortunately, the fairy godmother came and helped her to get to the ball. At the ball, Cinderella
danced with the prince, who fell in love with her, then later he married her. They lived happily ever after.
Once upon a time their lived a group of mice under a tree in peace. However, a group of elephants
crossing the jungle unknowingly destroyed the homes of all the rats. Many of them were even crushed to
death.
Then taking of rats decided to approach the elephant's chief and request him to guide his herd
through another route. On hearing the sad story, the elephant's king apologized and agreed to take another
route. And so the lives of the rats were saved.
One day elephant-hunters came to the jungle and trapped a group of elephants in huge nets. Then
the elephant king suddenly remembered the king of the rats. He summoned on of the elephants of his herd,
which had not been trapped, to go seek help from the king and told him about the trapped elephants.
The rat's king immediately took his entire group of rats and they cut open the nets which had
trapped the elephant's herd. The elephant herd was totally set free. They danced with joy and thank the rats.
20. What is generic structure of "once upon a time there lived a group of mice under a tree in peace"?
A. Identification
B. Orientation
C. Complication
D. Resolution
21. At the end of the story, how was the elephant's herd?
A. Angry
B. Sad
C. Happy
D. Dead
A man in Puerto Rico had a wonderful parrot. There was no another parrot like it. It was very, very
smart. This parrot would say any word-except one. He would not say the name of the town where he was
born. The name of the town was Catano.
The man tried to teach the parrot to say Catano. But the bird would not say the word. At first the
man was very nice, but then he got angry. “You are a stupid bird! Why can‟t you say the word? Sat
CAtano, or I will kill you!” but the parrot would not say it. Then the man got to so angry that the shouted
over and over, “Say Catano, or I‟ll kill you!” but the bird wouldn‟t talk.
One day after trying for many hours to make the bird say Catano, the man got very angry. He
picked up the bird and threw him into the chicken house. “You are more stupid than the chickens. Soon I
will eat them, and I will eat you, too.”In the chicken house there are four old chickens. They were for
Sunday‟s dinner. The man put the parrot in the chicken house and left.
The next day the man came back to the chicken house. He opened the door and stopped. He was
very surprised at what he saw! He saw three dead chickens on the floor. The parrot was screaming at the
fourth chicken, “Say Catano, or I‟ll kill you!
Vocabularies: wonderful: hebat, parrot: burung beo, bird: burung, picked up: mengambil, throw:
melemparkan, stupid: bodoh, put: menaruh, saw: melihat, scream: berteriak, smart: pandai
24. How often did the owner teach the bird how to say the word?
A. Always
B. Many times
C. Everyday
D. Every second
………………………….
A kangaroo is an animal found only in Australia, although it has a smaller relative, called a wallaby,
which lives on the Australian island of Tasmania and also in New Guinea.
Kangaroos eat grass and plants. They have short front legs, but very long, and very strong back legs
and a tail. These they use for sitting up on and for jumping. Kangaroos have been known to make forward
jumps of over eight metres, and leap across fences more than three metres high. Thelsoy can also run at
speeds of over 45 kilometres per hour.
The larges kangaroos are the great Grey kangaroo and the Red kangaroo. Adults grow to a length
of 160 metres and weigh over 90 kilos.
Kangaroos are marsupials. This means that the female kangaroo has an external pounch on the front
of her body. A baby kngaroo is very tiny when it is born, and it crawls at once into this pounch where it
spends its first five months of life.
*# GOOD LUCK *#
Appendix 3.
The Scores of Post Test between TPS (Think Pair Share) and DI (Direct Instruction)
Number of
No. of Items Number of Items
Resp. 1 2 3 4567 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
1 1 1 1 0111 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1
2 1 0 1 1101 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
3 1 1 1 0110 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1
4 1 1 1 1111 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1
5 1 1 0 1110 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1
6 1 1 1 1101 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1
7 1 1 1 0001 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
8 1 0 1 1111 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
9 1 1 1 1010 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0
10 1 1 1 1111 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1
11 1 0 1 0111 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
12 1 1 1 1111 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1
13 1 1 1 1111 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1
14 1 1 0 0111 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1
15 1 1 1 1110 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
16 1 1 1 1111 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
17 1 1 1 1101 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1
18 1 1 1 1111 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
19 1 1 1 0010 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
20 0 0 1 1111 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0
21 1 1 1 1111 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1
22 1 1 1 1111 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1
23 1 1 0 1111 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0
24 1 1 1 1111 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1
25 0 1 0 0111 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
26 0 1 1 0011 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
27 1 1 0 1111 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1
28 1 1 0 1101 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0
29 1 0 1 0111 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1
30 1 1 1 1101 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Number of Items
Sum Nilai
24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 32 80
1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 31 78
1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 29 73
1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 31 78
0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 29 73
0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 30 75
1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 28 70
1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 30 75
1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 31 78
1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 32 80
1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 31 78
0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 30 75
1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 32 80
1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 34 85
0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 34 85
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 35 88
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 34 85
1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 38 95
1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 34 85
1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 31 78
1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 35 88
1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 31 78
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 30 75
0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 31 78
0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 29 73
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 33 83
1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 32 80
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 32 80
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 27 68
1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 33 83
2372.5
79.083
Appendix 7
Number of
No. of Items Number of Items
Resp. 1 2 3 4567 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
1 1 1 1 1110 11 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1
2 1 1 1 0101 10 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0
3 1 1 1 1111 01 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1
4 1 1 1 0100 11 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1
5 1 1 1 1101 11 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1
6 1 1 1 1011 00 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0
7 1 0 0 1000 01 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1
8 1 1 1 1111 01 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0
9 1 1 1 1111 11 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1
10 1 1 1 1110 11 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1
11 0 1 1 1011 11 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
12 1 0 0 1001 01 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1
13 1 1 1 1000 10 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1
14 0 0 1 0001 01 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1
15 0 1 1 1111 11 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0
16 1 1 1 1011 10 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1
17 1 1 1 0100 10 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
18 1 1 1 1101 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1
19 1 0 0 1101 01 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1
20 1 0 1 1011 10 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
21 1 0 1 1011 11 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1
22 1 0 1 1011 11 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1
23 0 1 1 1001 01 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0
24 0 1 1 1010 01 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1
25 1 0 0 1011 11 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0
26 0 1 0 0010 10 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1
27 1 1 1 1110 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1
28 1 1 1 0111 10 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0
29 1 1 1 1101 01 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1
30 1 1 1 1101 10 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0
Number of Items
Sum Nilai
23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 29 73
1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 26 65
1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 27 68
0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 27 68
0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 28 70
1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 28 70
0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 26 65
1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 29 73
1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 29 73
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 29 73
0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 24 60
0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 27 68
1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 29 73
0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 28 70
1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 31 78
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 33 83
1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 22 55
0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 23 58
0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 24 60
0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 24 60
0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 24 60
1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 25 63
1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 25 63
1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 26 65
0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 23 58
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 26 65
1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 30 75
1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 29 73
1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 26 65
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 29 73
2015
67.167
Appendix 8
Data Result of Students' Reading Test
Experiment Control
No Class Class
1 80 73
2 78 65
3 73 68
4 78 68
5 73 70
6 75 70
7 70 65
8 75 73
9 78 73
10 80 73
11 78 60
12 75 68
13 80 73
14 85 70
15 85 78
16 88 83
17 85 55
18 95 58
19 85 60
20 78 60
21 88 60
22 78 63
23 75 63
24 78 65
25 73 58
26 83 65
27 80 75
28 80 73
29 68 65
30 83 73
Sum 2380 2023
Average 79.333 67.433
Max 95.000 83.000
Min 68.000 55.000
SD 5.803 6.621
Appendix 9
Distribution Frequency of Students Reading Comprehension
in Experiment Class
2 2
Interval f x x fx fx
68 - 72 2 70 4900 140 9800
73 - 77 7 75 5625 525 39375
78 - 82 12 80 6400 960 76800
83 - 87 6 85 7225 510 43350
88 - 92 2 90 8100 180 16200
93 - 97 1 95 9025 95 9025
Sum 30 495 41275 2410 194550
Class = 5.875
Length = 4.500 5
Mean = 80.333
Median = 80.000
Modus = 79.773
SD = 5.713
2 2
Interval f x x fx fx
55 - 59 3 57 3249 171 9747
60 - 64 6 62 3844 372 23064
65 - 69 8 67 4489 536 35912
70 - 74 10 72 5184 720 51840
75 - 79 2 77 5929 154 11858
80 - 84 1 82 6724 82 6724
Sum 30 417 29419 2035 139145
Class = 5.875
Length = 4.667 5
Mean = 67.833
Median = 68.500
Modus = 70.500
SD = 6.170
Appendix 10
Normality Test
Students' Reading Comprehension in Experiment Class
Mean ( x ) = 79.333
SD = 5.803
Result:
Lo max < L table (30;0,05) = 0,161
0.156 < 0,161
The data is Normal
Appendix 11
Normality Test
Students' Reading Comprehension in Control Class
Mean ( x ) = 67.433
SD = 6.621
Result:
Lo max < L table (30;0,05) = 0,161
0.111 < 0,161
The data is Normal
Appendix 12
Homogenity Test
Class Square
No. Experiment Control Experiment Control
1 80 73 6400 5329
2 78 65 6084 4225
3 73 68 5329 4624
4 78 68 6084 4624
5 73 70 5329 4900
6 75 70 5625 4900
7 70 65 4900 4225
8 75 73 5625 5329
9 78 73 6084 5329
10 80 73 6400 5329
11 78 60 6084 3600
12 75 68 5625 4624
13 80 73 6400 5329
14 85 70 7225 4900
15 85 78 7225 6084
16 88 83 7744 6889
17 85 55 7225 3025
18 95 58 9025 3364
19 85 60 7225 3600
20 78 60 6084 3600
21 88 60 7744 3600
22 78 63 6084 3969
23 75 63 5625 3969
24 78 65 6084 4225
25 73 58 5329 3364
26 83 65 6889 4225
27 80 75 6400 5625
28 80 73 6400 5329
29 68 65 4624 4225
30 83 70 6889 4900
Sum 2380 2020 189790 137260
NE = 30
NC = 30
XE = 2380
XC = 2020
XE2 = 189790
XC2 = 137260
Homogenity
Test
* Seeking variance :
Si XE = {XE2 - (XE)2)/NE}/NE-1 =
Si XC = {XC2 - (XC)2)/NC}/NC-1 =
df XE = NE - 1 = 29
df XC = NC - 1 = 29
log Si XE = 1.527
log Si XC = 1.633
df.log Si XE = 44.293
df.log Si XC = 47.367
Jml = 91.660
* Sum of Variance
S2 = (df x Si)/df total
= 38.333
* B value
B = (log S2) x df total
= 91.847
* Chi Quadrat Test
2,303 (B - Jml dk.log
X2 = Si)
= 0.431
X table (2-
1;0,05) = 3.84
X2 < X table (1;0,05)
0.431 < 3.84
Result:
Homogen
Appendix 13
t test of Student’s Reading Comprehension
t test calculation :
1. S2 = 6.226
2. t = 11.900
6.226 (1/30+1/30)
= 7.403
3. t table 0,05 (58) = 2,000
t = 7.403 > t tabel = 2,000
4.
Criteria:
H0 ditolak karena t hitung > t tabel
5. Conclusioni : there are diferent of student's reading comprehension between
students who are taught by using TPS (experiment) and DI (control)