| dc.description.abstract | This Experimental Research was intended to know whether or not there is a
significant effect of NHT technique on reading comprehension achievement of the
eighth grade students at SMP Negeri 2 Tamanan Bondowoso in the 2011/2012
academic year. SMP 2 Tamanan Bondowoso was chosen purposively as the research
area because the English teacher never teaches reading by applying NHT technique
for the eighth grade students. In addition, it was possible to get permission to conduct
the research.
This experimental research covered the stages of administering homogeneity
test; determining two classes as the experimental group and the control group; giving
treatment that was teaching reading by NHT technique to the experimental group,
while control group were taught by using lecturing technique as usually applied by
the teacher; giving reading comprehension test to the two groups; analyzing the mean
score of the two groups; drawing conclusion based on the data analysis results. The
primary data was collected by administering the reading comprehension test after the
treatment given. The supporting data were collected by interview and documentation.
Homogeneity test in the form of reading comprehension test was conduct to
know the homogeneity of the population. Based on the calculation by using ANOVA
formula the condition of the eighth grade classes of SMP Negeri 2 Tamanan
Bondowoso was homogenous, therefore lottery was done to determine the research
samples and divided them into experimental group and control group. Before giving post test, try out was conducted to know the test items were
suitable for the students’ level of comprehension. In addition, it was also to know
whether the test needed to be revised or not.
The post test was given to both groups after each group received teaching
learning process twice. The result of t-test analysis on the students’ reading
comprehension achievement test scores that the statistical value of the t-test was
higher than that of the value of t-table with significant level of 5% (2.78 >1.99).
Consequently, the formulated hypothesis: “There is a significant effect of Numbered
Heads Together technique on reading comprehension achievement of the eighth grade
students at SMP Negeri 2 Tamanan Bondowoso in the 2011/2012 academic year”
was accepted.
Based on the result above, it could be stated that NHT technique significantly
affected the students’ reading comprehension achievement. DRE was applied in order
to know how far the effect of Numbered Heads Together Technique gave effect to the
students’ reading comprehension achievement. The degree of relative effectiveness
was 12.7%. It means that the use of NHT technique was 12.7% more effective in
teaching reading comprehension than without applying NHT technique that was
lecturing technique.
Based on the results, it could be concluded that NHT Technique gave a
significant effect on reading comprehension achievement. Then, it is suggested to the
English teachers to use NHT as technique in teaching reading comprehension since
the technique affects the students’ achievement significantly. | en_US |
