The Effect of Directed Reading Thinking Activity (DRTA) Method on Students’ Reading Comprehension for State Islamic Senior High School
| Main Author: | Hasan, Abdullah |
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| Other Authors: | UIN Sultan Syarif Kasim Riau |
| Format: | Article info application/pdf eJournal |
| Bahasa: | eng |
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State Islamic University of Sultan Syarif Kasim Riau
, 2018
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| Online Access: |
http://ejournal.uin-suska.ac.id/index.php/jealt/article/view/5075 http://ejournal.uin-suska.ac.id/index.php/jealt/article/view/5075/3034 |
Daftar Isi:
- This study aims to find out the effect of using Directed Reading Thinking Activity (DRTA) Method on students’ reading comprehension. A quasi-experimental design was used with pre-test and post-test non-equivalent control group design. The number of participants was 63 students divided into an experimental group (31) and a control group (32) of the students of MAN 1 Pekanbaru. Two research questions and four hypotheses were posed in this study. Before conducting the treatment, pretest was administered, and posttest was administered after the treatment. Independent and dependent (paired) sample t-tests were used to analyze the data. The research finding showed a significant effect of using Directed Reading Thinking Activity (DRTA) method on students’ reading comprehension. Using DRTA method contributed 72% on students’ reading comprehension, meanwhile the control group using non-DRA method contributed 49%. At last, it can be inferred that DRTA method is suitable to apply in teaching reading comprehension at State Islamic Senior High School (MAN) 1 Pekanbaru.