THE EFFECT OF USING JIGSAW II ON THE READING COMPREHENSION ACHIEVEMENT OF THE EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS AT SMP N 9 JEMBER IN THE 2016/2017 ACADEMIC YEAR

Abstract

The main data of this research were collected by using the reading comprehension achievement test that was administered as the posttest. The support data were collected from the interview and documentation. The data collected from the posttest were to know the comparison between the two groups after the treatment. They were analyzed statistically by using t-test formula to know whether the mean difference between the experimental group and the control group was significant or not. Based on the calculation, the mean score of the experimental group was higher than the mean score of the control group (86.5>74.2). The statistical value of the test was 7.59, while the value of t-table at significance level of 5% with df (71) was 1.994. It means that the statistical value of t-test was higher than that at the t-table. Consequently, the null hypothesis (𝐻0) which was formulated as: “There is no significant effect of using Jigsaw II Technique on reading comprehension achievement of the eighth grade students at SMP N 9 Jember” was rejected. Thus the alternate hypothesis: “There is a significant effect of using Jigsaw II Technique on reading comprehension achievement of the eighth grade students at SMP N 9 Jember” was accepted. So, it could be stated that the use of Jigsaw II significantly affected the eighth grade students’ reading comprehension achievement of descriptive text at SMP N 9 Jember. Therefore, it is suggested that the result of this research can be used by the future researcher as a reference or information in conducting future research dealing with the similar problem by using another research design, such as a classroom action research on the use of Jigsaw II to improve the students’ reading comprehension achievement.