The Effect of Using Think Aloud Pair Problem Solving (TAPPS) on the Eight

Abstract

This research was intended to investigate whether or not there was a significant effect of using Think Aloud Pair Problem Solving (TAPPS) technique on the eighth grade students’ reading comprehension achievement at SMP Islam Gumukmas Jember. The area and subjects of this research were chosen purposively by using purposive method. Because this research was a quasiexperimental research with Post-test Only Control Group Design, there were two groups of students, they were the experimental and control groups. Then, to know whether or not there was a significant effect of using TAPPS technique on reading comprehension achievement, it was used as teaching technique in teaching reading in this research. The result revealed that the use of TAPPS technique on reading comprehension achievement was effective. This could be seen from the t-test analysis. The value of significance (2-tailed) was less than 0.05 (confidence interval 95%) that was 0.043. It indicated that the result of t-test analysis was significant . This is likely due to the implementation of TAPPS technique in the teaching learning process.