The Implementation of Directed Reading-Thinking Activity (DR-TA) in Improving Students’ Reading Comprehension of The SMA Negeri I Mamasa

Abstract

The objective of this research is to find out the improvement of students’ reading comprehension by using Directed Reading-Thinking Activity (DR-TA). The research design is pre-experimental with one group pretest and posttest, while the instrument of the research is multiple choice tests. This research is conducted at SMA Negeri I Mamasa by selecting the second year students as population in academic year 2012/2013. The researcher employed cluster random sampling technique by taking class XI IA 3. The data collection is through pretest and posttest. The pretest is given to measure the students’ previous reading achievement before conducting the treatment, and to find out the achievement of the students after the treatment, the researcher administered the posttest. The variables of the research is the use of DR-TA in teaching reading comprehension as the independent variable, whereas the dependent variable is the students’ achievement in learning reading comprehension. The improvement of reading comprehension can be seen from the result of pretest which has the mean score 43.40, and the result of posttest which has the mean score 69.87. Based on the analysis, it is concluded that using of the DR-TA improves the students’ achievement in reading comprehension.