The effect of small group discussion technique on students’ reading comprehension at grade VIII SMP Negeri 8 Padangsidimpuan

Harahap, Ayu Sepriani (2017) The effect of small group discussion technique on students’ reading comprehension at grade VIII SMP Negeri 8 Padangsidimpuan. Undergraduate thesis, IAIN Padangsidimpuan.

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Abstract

This research focused on the effect of small group discussion technique on students’ reading comprehension at grade VIII SMP Negeri 8 Padangsidimpuan. The purpose of this research was to know whether there is the significant effect of small group discussion technique at grade VIII SMP Negeri 8 Padangsidimpuan. The method used in this research was experimental research. Two classes were chosen randomly as the sample. They were VIII-2 as experimental class that consisted of 26 students and VIII-3 as control class that consisted of 26 students. It was taken after conducting normality and homogeneity test. The data was derived from pre-test and post-test. To analyze the data, the researcher used t-test formula. After analyzing the data, the researcher found that mean score of experimental class after using small group discussion technique was higher than control class. Mean score of experimental class before using small group discussion technique was 47 and mean score after using small group discussion technique was 83.9. Meanwhile, the mean score of control class in post test was 71.94. Besides it, the score of tcount was bigger than ttable (4.16>1.29871). It meant that the hypothesis alternative (Ha) was accepted. It was concluded that there was a significant effect of small group discussion technique on students’ reading comprehension at grade VIII SMP Negeri 8 Padangsidimpuan.

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