MPROVING THE EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION ACHIEVEMENT BY USING JIGSAW IV TECHNIQUE AT SMPN 1 RAMBIPUJI JEMBER

Abstract

J ig sa w I V is one

of

the t e c hniques in c oop e ra ti ve

lea rnin g

whic h b e c omes

the late st se rie s in it s

de ve lop ment. J ig sa w I V, whic h

wa s de ve loped b y

Holli da y , lets the students to be

more

a c ti ve

a nd int e ra c ti ve

b y

do ing

the tasks g iven b y

t he

tea c he r tog e the r with their

g roup s. This tec hnique c a n

be

a ppli e d in a

l a r g e

c lass t o solve the

students‟ pr oblem in r e a di ng

b y

gr oupin g

the

students int o small

g ro ups whic h c onsi st of

5 8

students

fo r

e a c h.

The r e

a r e

two

kin ds

of

gr oup

in

J ig sa w

I V

a c ti vit ies,

Home

a nd Ex pe rt Gr oup s.

The

re se a rc h de si g n wa s C lassro om Ac ti on

R e se a rc h whic h wa s c ondu c te d to

im pr ove

the e ig hth

A stu de nts‟ re a din g

c ompr e he nsion

a c hieve m e nt b y

us ing

J ig sa w

IV

t e c hnique a t S MP N 1 R a mbi puji

J e mber

in the 201 1 /201 2

a c a de mi c

y e a r. The

a re a

o f thi s re se a r c h w a s S MP N 1 R a mbi pu ji

J e mber . The

re sponde nts of

thi s

re se a rc h we r e

c lass

8A

students of

S MP N 1

R a mbi puji

J e mber

in the 201 1 /201 2 a c a d e mi c

y e a r. The

r e se a rc h re sponde nts w e re

de ter mi ne d

purpo sivel y

ba se d

the

re sult

of

the

pr e vious

r e a din g

test sc o re

g ot fr om the En g li sh tea c he rs . The

tot a l

number of the r e sponde n ts we re

37

students fr om c lass 8A .

The

da ta of

thi s re se a rc h

we re

obtaine d

fr om the

students‟ sc or e s of

re a d ing

c ompre he nsion

t e st, in ter view , do c umenta ti on

a nd obs e rva ti on. Th e

r e a din g

c ompre he nsion

test wa s

a dmi nist e re d a t the e n d of

c y c le 1 a nd 2

to

know the

students‟ im pr ove ment on their r e a din g

c ompr e he nsion

a c hiev e ment . B a se d on the re sult s of

r e a din g

c ompre he nsion

test in C y c l e

1 a nd 2 , it

show e d that

ther e

wa s

im pr ove ment of

the

nu mber

of

students who got sc or e s mo re

th a n 71.

The r e

w e re