| dc.description.abstract | This classroom action research was intended to improve the VII-D grade
students’ reading comprehension achievement by using Numbered Head Together
(NHT) technique. It was conducted to 25 students of VII-D class at MTs.
Bustanul Ulum Panti Jember. Based on the interview with the English teacher, the
technique used by the teacher is not enough to improve the students’ reading
comprehension. Besides, the students’ previous score showed that only 11 out of
26 students who achieved the standard minimum score. Therefore, Numbered
Head Together (NHT) technique was chosen to improve the students’ reading
comprehension achievement and their active participation. Numbered Head
Together (NHT) technique consists of five steps; Numbering, Reading,
Questioning, Thinking together, Answering and Evaluating.
There were four collection methods, they were interview, observation,
reading comprehension achievement test and documentation. The interview was
done in the preliminary study in the form of list questions designed by the
reseracher. The observation in the form of observational checklist and it consisted
of 4 indicators, they were; 1). Paying attention to the teacher’s explanation. 2).
Doing the reading assignments. 3). Cooperating with group members. 4).
Answering the teacher’s oral questions correctly. The reading comprehension
achievement test was done in the final meeting and there were 20 questions. The
documentation in the form of data and it consisted of the result of observation and
reading comprehension achievement test. This research was done collaboratively with the English teacher in one
cycle that consisted of three meetings by following the procedures of action
research, planning, acting, observing and reflecting. The first and the second
meeting were the implementation of the action, while the last meeting was administered for reading comprehension test. The criteria of success decided by
the researcher was 75% of the students actively participated in the teaching and
learning process of reading and 75% of the students achieved ≥ 75 as a standard
minimum score in the reading test. The result of the observation showed that the
students’ active participation improved from the first meeting that was 64% to
88% in the second meeting. It means that the technique used by the researcher
successfully improved the students’ active participation. Besides, the result of the
students’ reading comprehension test improved from pre-cycle (42%) to 80% in
the test of cycle 1. It could be concluded that the implementation of this action
succeeded in improving the students’ reading comprehension achievement
because more than 75% of the students achieved the standard minimum score that
was 75. Therefore the action only was done in one cycle because the result of the
observation and reading comprehension test had achieved the research criteria of
success, that was ≥ 75% of the students achieved ≥ 75 as a standard minimum
score in the reading test.
Based on the result above, it could be concluded that Numbered Head
Together technique could improve the students’ active participation and reading
comprehension achievement. NHT technique was able to gain the students’
attention during teaching and learning process. It happened because it was
interesting technique for students who were passive, unenthusiastic, and bored in
learning English. | en_US |
