RECIPROCAL TEACHING STRATEGY AND STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION : A Quasi Experimental Study in 8th Grade Students at a Junior High School in Cimahi.

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Kamelia Paska Rusmana, 2015

RECIPROCAL TEACHING STRATEGY AND STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION

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RECIPROCAL TEACHING STRATEGY AND STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION

(A Quasi Experimental Study in 8th Grade Students at a Junior High School in Cimahi)

A RESEARCH PAPER

Submitted to the Department of English Education of the Faculty of Languages and Arts Education of Indonesia University of Education in Partial Fulfillment of

the Requirements for Sarjana Pendidikan Degree

By

Kamelia Paska Rusmana 1005900

DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH EDUCATION

FACULTY OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE EDUCATION INDONESIA UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION

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Reciprocal Teaching Strategy and Students’ Reading

Comprehension

Oleh

Kamelia Paska Rusmana

Sebuah skripsi yang diajukan untuk memenuhi salah satu syarat memperoleh gelar Sarjana pada Fakultas Pendidikan Bahasa dan Sastra

Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia

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KAMELIA PASKA RUSMANA

RECIPROCAL TEACHING STRATEGY AND STUDENTS’ READING

COMPREHENSION

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RECIPROCAL TEACHING STRATEGY AND STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION

Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia | repository.upi.edu | perpustakaan.upi.edu ABSTRACT

The primary focus of this study is to investigate the effect of implementing Reciprocal Teaching Strategy on students’ reading comprehension and also to find out the students’ responses toward the implementation of Reciprocal Teaching Strategy in teaching reading Narrative texts. This study employed quasi experimental design. The data were obtained through the pre-test, post-test and questionnaire. There were two classes chosen as the samples; experimental and control which each of them consisted of 26 students. The participants in this study were students of 8th grade in one of Junior High School in Cimahi. The data obtained from pre-test and post-test were analyzed by using SPSS 20 and ANATES V4 for windows. The data analysis from the independent t-test showed that there was significant difference in the result of post-test means between experimental and control groups. It showed that the score of the experimental group (M=76,53) was higher than control group (M=59,61). Furthermore, based on the result of the dependent t-test showed that tobt was greater than tcrit (11,889 > 2,060) at the level of significance 0,05 indicating that the null hypothesis (H0) is rejected. It means that there was significant difference between students’ pre-test and post-test of experimental group after the treatments. Moreover, the result of correlation value of effect sized was at the level of large and it indicated that Reciprocal Teaching Strategy gave large influence in improving students’ reading comprehension. So that it can be stated that Reciprocal Teaching Strategy can improve students’ reading comprehension. Finally, the findings from the questionnaire showed that most students gave positive responses toward this method. The students gained some benefits from this method such as helping them to comprehend the texts easily, creating an active and fun class, motivating them to participate in a group discussion, and helping them to improve their English ability. It was then recommended that Reciprocal Teaching Strategy can be used in teaching reading comprehension in different genres and levels of schooling.

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Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia | repository.upi.edu | perpustakaan.upi.edu ABSTRAK

Tujuan utama penelitian ini adalah untuk mengamati pengaruh penerapaan strategi Reciprocal Teaching dalam pemahaman membaca siswa dan juga mencari tahu bagaimana respon siswa terhadap penerapan strategi tersebut dalam pembelajaran Reading untuk teks-teks berbentuk Naratif. Penelitian ini menggunakan desain kuasi eksperimen. Data yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini di peroleh melalui pre-test, post-test dan kuesioner. Penelitian ini mengambil dua kelas sebagai sampel, yaitu kelas eksperimen dan kelas kontrol, dimana masing-masing kelas terdiri atas 26 siswa. Partisipan dalam peneliian ini adalah siswa kelas 8 di salah satu SMP Negeri di Cimahi. Data yang diperoleh dari hasil

pre-test dan post-pre-test kemudian dianalisis menggunakan SPSS 20 dan ANATES V4

untuk Windows. Analisis data menggunakan Independent t-test menunjukan adanya perbedaan yang signifikan antara nilai rata-rata yang diperoleh dari hasil

post-test kelas eksperimen dan kelas kontrol. Data menunjukan bahwa kelas

eksperimen mendapakan nilai rata-rata lebih tinggi (M=76.53) dibandingkan kelas kontrol (M= 59.61). Kemudian analisis data menggunakan Dependent t-test menunjukan bahwa tobt lebih besar dari tcrit (11,889 > 2,060) pada taraf signifikan 0.05 yang mengindikasikan bahwa Hipotesis nol (H0) ditolak. Hal ini mengartikan bahwa terdapat perbedaan yang signifikan antara hasil pre-test dan post-test siswa dikelas eksperimen setelah diberikan treatments. Selain itu, analisis data yang diperoleh dari Correlation of effect size berada pada level of large, dengan kata lain strategi ini memberikan pengaruh yang besar dalam meningkatkan pemahaman membaca siswa. Terlebih, analisis data kuesioner menunjukan bahwa sebagian besar siswa memberikan respon positif terhadap strategi ini. Siswa mendapatkan banyak manfaat dari strategi tersebut, diantaranya mempermudah dalam memahami teks, membuat kelas menjadi aktif dan menyenangkan, memberi motivasi untuk berpartisipasi didalam diskusi, dan membantu meningkatkan kemampuan bahasa Inggris. Dengan demikian, strategi ini dapat direkomendasikan untuk digunakan dalam pembelajaran pemahaman membaca siswa dengan variasi teks dan tingkat pendidikan yang berbeda.

Kata Kunci: Strategi Reciprocal Teaching, pemahaman membaca siswa, teks

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Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia | repository.upi.edu | perpustakaan.upi.edu TABLE OF CONTENTS

PAGE OF APPROVAL………..i

STATEMENT OF AUTHORIZATION………..ii

PREFACE………...………...……iii

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS………iv

ABSTRACT………..vi

TABLE OF CONTENTS………vii

LIST OF TABLES………...xii

LIST OF FIGURES………...…….xiii CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION……….1

1.1Background of the Research………..1

1.2Statement of the problems……….……3

1.3Aims of the Research………...…………..3

1.4Scope of the Research………...….3

1.5Hypothesis……….……….3

1.6Significance of the Research………..4

1.7Clarification of Terms………5

1.8Organization of the Paper………...6

CHAPTER II: LITERATURE REVIEW………..…..7

2.1 Reading………....…...7

2.1.1 Definition of Reading……….7

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2.1.2.1 The Purpose of Reading Comprehension………...11

2.2 Teaching Reading Method………...12

2.2.1 Reciprocal Teaching Strategy………...12

2.2.1.1 The Main Principle of Reciprocal Teaching…………...12

2.2.1.2 The Four Strategies of Reciprocal Teaching………..15

2.2.1.3 The Implementation of Reciprocal Teaching Strategy…..16

2.2.1.4 The Benefits of Reciprocal Teaching Strategy…………..17

2.2.2 Question Answer Relationship (QAR)……….18

2.2.2.1 The Concept of QAR……….18

2.3 Narrative Text………..20

2.3.1 The Definition of Narrative Text………..20

2.3.2 The Generic Structure of Narrative Text………...……...21

2.3.3 Language Features of Narrative Text………22

2.4 Review of Previous Studies ………....23

CHAPTER III: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY………26

3.1 Research Design………...26

3.1.1 Variable……….27

3.1.2 Hypothesis……….28

3.2 Data Collections………...28

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3.2.2 Research Instruments………29

3.3 Research Procedure………..30

3.3.1 Organizing Teaching Procedure………30

3.3.2 Organizing Research Instruments……….30

3.3.3 Testing the Validity and Reliability of Pre-test and Post-test through Pilot-test………30

3.3.4 Administering Pre-test………...…...30

3.3.5 Conducting the Treatment……….31

3.3.6 Administering Post-test……….40

3.3.7 Conducting Questionnaire……….40

3.4 Data Analysis………...40

3.4.1 Scoring Technique………....40

3.4.2 The Validity Test of Pilot-test………...40

3.4.3 The Reliability Test of Pilot-test………...41

3.4.4 The Difficulty Index………..42

3.4.5 Data Analysis on the Pre-test and Post-test Scores………...42

3.4.5.1 The Normal Distribution Test………42

3.4.5.2 Homogeneity of Variance Test………..43

3.4.5.3 Independent T-test………..44

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3.4.5.5 The Calculation of Effect Size………...45

3.4.6 Data Analysis of the Questionnaire………...46

CHAPTER IV: FINDINGS AND DISCUSSIONS………48

4.1 Findings………48

4.1.1 Findings from Pilot-test……….48

4.1.1.1. The Validity of the Test………48

4.1.1.2. The Reliability of the Test……….50

4.1.1.3. The Difficulty Index of the Test………51

4.1.2. Findings from Pre-test……….53

4.1.2.1. The Normal Distribution Test………...54

4.1.2.2. The Homogeneity of Variance Test………..55

4.1.2.3. The Independent T-test Analysis………...……...55

4.1.3 Findings from Post-test……….56

4.1.3.1 The Normal Distribution Test………57

4.1.3.2 The Homogeneity of Variance Test………...58

4.1.3.3 The Independent T-test Analysis………...59

4.1.3.4 The Dependent T-test Analysis………..60

4.1.3.5 The Calculation of Effect Size Analysis………61

4.1.4 Findings from the Questionnaire……….62

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CHAPTER V: CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS……….71

5.1 Conclusions………..71

5.2 Suggestions………...72

BIBLIOGRAPHY………74

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Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia | repository.upi.edu | perpustakaan.upi.edu LIST OF TABLES

Table 2.1……….19

Table 3.1……….27

Table 3.2………...…..31 Table 3.3………...41

Table 3.4……….46

Table 4.1……….48

Table 4.2……….50

Table 4.3……….50

Table 4.4……….52

Table 4.5……….53

Table 4.6……….54

Table 4.7……….55

Table 4.8……….56

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Table 4.10………...57

Table 4.11………...58

Table 4.12………...59

Table 4.13………...61

Table 4.14………...62

LIST OF FIGURES Figure 3.1 An Example of Students’ Prediction………35

Figure 3.2 An Example of Student’s Clarifying and Questioning……… ………36

Figure 3.3 An Example of Student’s Summary of Narrative text………..37

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Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia | repository.upi.edu | perpustakaan.upi.edu CHAPTER I

INTRODUCTION

This chapter presents a brief description of the whole content of the

research. It includes background of the research, statement of the problems, aims

of the research, scope of the research, hypothesis, significance of the research, and

clarification of terms. The organization of the paper is also provided in this

chapter.

1.1. Background of the Research

In Indonesia, English subject is taught as foreign language at any levels of

education. There are four skills which have to be mastered by the students

including listening, speaking, reading and writing. Reading is one of the skills that

is important to be learned by the students since it has many uses. It can support

the development of knowledge and stimulate the development of students’ brain

when they receive information from what they read. Moreover, Harmer (2007b)

states that reading has benefits since it can strengthen students’ language

acquisition and also gives them better understanding when they can improve their

reading frequency.

In Indonesia, it is widely acknowledged that English subject is included in

final examination. Reading is a type of questions which is dominantly used in the

test. Therefore, students are highly demanded to have better skill in reading text.

Since most students at any levels education get difficulty in reading English

textbook, especially for academic purposes, thus it is important for the teachers to

know how to overcome students reading difficulties in understanding the text.

Reading is to comprehend the text at whole. According to Deschant (as

quoted by Hamra & Syatriana, 2010, p.30) stated that “comprehension is a

process; it is thinking through reading”. In fact, reading comprehension is not an

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appropriate strategy to overcome this problem. In Indonesia, some English

teachers still use traditional method or conventional method in teaching reading.

Conventional method usually leads students into boredom. This method focuses

on teacher-centered strategy, where the teacher often dominates the class

instructions, so the students are lack opportunities to be active in the class. One of

ways to make the teaching reading effective is by making the students to be active

and enjoy the learning process so they can improve their reading skill.

One of strategies which can effectively be used to improve students’

reading skill is Reciprocal Teaching strategy. Reciprocal Teaching strategy (RT)

is first developed by Palinscar & Brown (as cited in Doolittle, Hicks, Young,

Triplett, Nichols, 2006, p.106) who stated that reciprocal teaching strategy is

based on teacher’s modeling and guided practice. It assumes that the teacher has

important role in the classroom activity. Moreover, Ahmad et al., (2011) defined

that “reciprocal teaching is an instructional activity that utilizes four

comprehension strategies (predicting, questioning, summarizing, and clarifying)

in the form of a dialogue between teachers and students regarding segments of a

text” (p. 141). By using this method, students are also encouraged to work by

themselves or practice in a small group and try to construct more meaning from

the text meanwhile the teachers also can easily control the activity as the situation

requires. Further, they can observe each student from each group directly.

In terms of Reciprocal Teaching, previous studies have revealed the

benefit of this method. One of researchers, Park (2008) found that the Reciprocal

teaching strategy is effective to increase the reading comprehension of

participants of various ages who are either normal-learners or learning disabled.

Moreover, Marpaung (2011) also found that this strategy effective in teaching

reading and improve student’s reading comprehension.

Based on those reasons, this study specifically is designed to discover

whether or not using Reciprocal Teaching Strategy can improve students’ reading

comprehension of Narrative texts. Furthermore, this study attempts to find out

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Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia | repository.upi.edu | perpustakaan.upi.edu 1.2. Statement of the Problems

This research was conducted to answer the following questions:

1. Can Reciprocal Teaching Strategy improve students’ reading

comprehension of narrative texts?

2. What are the students’ responses toward the use of Reciprocal Teaching

Strategy in comprehending narrative texts?

1.3. Aims of the Research

The aims of this research are to find out the effectiveness of Reciprocal

Teaching Strategy to students’ reading comprehension of Narrative texts and to

know the students’ responses toward the use of Reciprocal Teaching Strategy in

the classroom activity.

1.4. Scope of the Research

The scope of this research is limited to find out the effectiveness of using

Reciprocal Teaching Strategy to students’ reading comprehension of narrative

texts and this research also investigates the students’ responses toward the

implementation of Reciprocal Teaching Strategy in the 8th grade students of Junior High School Level. One of Junior High Schools in Cimahi was chosen for

this research.

1.5. Hypothesis

Since this research is aimed to find out whether or not the use of

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narrative texts, null hypothesis and alternative hypothesis are used. According to

Coolidge (2000; Kranzler & Moursund, 1999) stated that the null hypothesis and

alternative hypothesis are as follows:

H0: there is no difference between student’s reading comprehension of narrative

texts by using Reciprocal Teaching Strategy in experimental and control groups

after being given the treatment.

HA: there is difference between students’ reading comprehension of narrative texts

by using Reciprocal Teaching Strategy in experimental and control groups after

being given the treatment.

1.6. Significance of the Research

Theoretically, this research can be one of major contributions for

educational field especially in teaching strategy which is used in teaching and

learning process. It is hoped that this research will give an input for teachers

especially English teachers in developing teaching strategy for reading

comprehension.

Furthermore, if the result of this research shows that there is a significant

difference between both groups, so this strategy can be regarded as a productive

method that can be used as an alternative strategy to improve students’ reading

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Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia | repository.upi.edu | perpustakaan.upi.edu 1.7. Clarification of the Terms

In order to avoid misinterpretation in understanding this research, it is

important to clarify the following definition of key terms:

a. Reading Comprehension is the process of understanding the text in which

we interpret ideas which are conveyed in the text beyond the words and to

construct our own meaning (McNamara, 2007 & Wilhelm, 2008, as cited

in Agustiani, 2010).

b. Reciprocal teaching strategy is the strategy in teaching reading which

includes four various stages: predicting, questioning, clarifying and

summarizing, in order to promote students’ motivation to think and to

interpret the text and to construct their own ideas ( Palinscar & Brown

1984, as cited in Doolittle et al., 2006).

c. Narrative text is one of the text types (genre) which is proposed to

entertain, and to deal with actual or vicarious experience (Gerot &

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Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia | repository.upi.edu | perpustakaan.upi.edu 1.8. Organization of the Paper

The paper is organized into five chapters. Each of them is provided with

some subtopics to give an insight into the topic under investigation.

The first chapter is introduction. It gives a brief description of the whole

content of the research. It includes background of the research, statement of the

problems, aims of research, scope of the research, hypothesis, significance of the

research, and clarification of terms. The organization of the research is also

provided in this chapter.

The second chapter is literature review. It explains theories and literature

which relevant to the study. It includes theory of reading, teaching reading

method: Reciprocal Teaching Strategy, and narrative text.

The third chapter is research methodology. It presents the methodology or

the research design used by the researcher. This chapter consists of research

design, data collection and data analysis.

The fourth chapter is findings and discussions. It reports the result of the

research which explains the findings of the research and the discussion according

to the data obtained.

The last chapter is conclusions and suggestions. This chapter presents the

conclusions of the research and suggestions for the next research as well as for

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Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia | repository.upi.edu | perpustakaan.upi.edu CHAPTER III

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

This chapter presents the methodology in conducting the research. This

chapter provides four main parts of the investigation. It includes research design,

data collection techniques, research procedures, and data analysis technique.

3.1. Research Design

A quantitative method in the form of quasi experimental design was

employed in this study. There were two groups which were involved. The first

group was the experimental group (EG) and the second one was the control group

(CG). According to Fraenkel & Wallen (2009), an experiment regularly involves

two groups which can be determined as experimental group, control group or a

comparison group. In this study, the experimental group and the control group

received a different treatment in the classroom. Since the study was supposed to find the effectiveness of using reciprocal teaching strategy in improving students’ reading comprehension, the new method was applied in the experimental group

while the control group was given Question-Answer Relationship (QAR). The

new method was called by reciprocal teaching strategy. It was used as a treatment

for experimental group.

This research applied pre-test and post-test. A pre-test was administered

before the implementation of reciprocal teaching strategy as the treatment.

Pre-test was administered to measure the initial ability of the sample of the subject.

Later on, the post test was given to both groups. The purpose of the post test was

to find out whether the use of reciprocal teaching strategy was effective or not.

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Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia | repository.upi.edu | perpustakaan.upi.edu Table 3.1

Sample Pre-test Treatment Post-test

EG O1 X O2

CG O1 - O2

 EG refers to Experimental Group  CG refers to Control group

 O refers to observation/measurement

 X refers to exposure of group to an experimental variable

3.1.1. Variable

There were two variables in this study. According to Fraenkel & Wallen

(2009), variables can be classified as dependent and independent variable.

Variable in this study is defined as an attribute or characteristic of a person or of

an object which varies from person to person. Further, Kidder (as cited in

Sugiyono (2010) described that variable is a quality which the researcher studies

and makes conclusion.

According to Hatch & Farhady (1982), variable is classified into two

types. They are independent and dependent variables. The independent variable is

the variable which is selected, manipulated and measured by the researcher.

Meanwhile, the dependent variable is the variable which the effect of independent

variable is determined by a researcher. It can be concluded that the independent is

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whereas, the dependent variable is an outcome which in this study refers to students’ reading score.

3.1.2. Hypothesis

According to Sugiyono (2010, p.96), hypothesis can be defined as

theoretical answer towards the statement of problems in the study which does not

rely on empirical data. Fraenkel & Wallen (2009, p.45) further stated that

hypothesis is a prediction of the possible result of a study.

In this study, there are two types of hypotheses; they are null hypothesis

and alternative hypothesis. The null hypothesis is accepted when there is no

significant difference between the score of students in the experimental and

control groups. Meanwhile, the alternative hypothesis is accepted when there is a

significant different from both groups. Therefore, According to Coolidge (2000)

and Kranzler & Moursund (1999), the null hypothesis and the alternative

hypothesis for this study are as follow:

 H0 = there is no significant difference between the students’ post-test scores of the experimental group and the students’ post-test scores of the control group.

 HA = there is significant difference between the students’ post-test scores of the experimental group and the students’ post test scores of the control

group.

3.2. Data Collection

3.2.1. Population and Sample

According to Fraenkel, Wallen & Hyun (2012) that population is defined as a

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other individuals. Meanwhile, sample is defined as the smaller group of

population. Since quasi experimental does not contain random selection of

subjects, the sample of the study was chosen purposively, based on the English teacher’s consideration, both classes have the ability which is relatively equal.

The population of this study was eighth grade students from one of junior

high schools in Cimahi, whereas, the samples were two classes, namely 8.15 as

the experimental group and 8.17 as the control group.

3.2.2. Research Instruments

In this study, the researcher used two kinds of instruments. They were test

and questionnaire. Those instruments were used to collect the data. It is supported

by Arikunto (2010, p.36) who stated that the instrument is all media which used

by the researcher to collect the data. The test for this study was divided into three

parts; pilot test, pre-test and post-test. The pilot test was utilized in order to

examine the validity, reliability and the difficulty of items that would be

administered in experimental and control groups. It was conducted in the class

which was not selected for both groups.

The pre-test and post-test were employed to generate the scores that were

analyzed to find out whether reciprocal teaching strategy is effective to improve students’ reading comprehension in reading narrative texts. The pre-test was conducted to both groups, experimental and control group before the treatments. It

was intended to know the initial ability of students’ reading skill in reading

narrative texts. On the contrary, the post-test was employed for both experimental

and control groups at the end of the treatments. It was utilized in order to see

whether or not there is improvement on students’ reading comprehension ability

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After the post-test, the questionnaire was administered to the experimental

group only. It aimed to know the students’ responses toward the use of reciprocal

teaching strategy in the classroom. This questionnaire was constructed in checklist

type based on Guttman scale.

3.3. Research Procedure

3.3.1. Organizing Teaching Procedure

In this study, the researcher served as the teacher for both experimental

and control groups. As the preparation of learning process, the researcher

organized teaching procedure in three steps. The first step was preparing the

appropriate materials and media for teaching and learning process during the

treatment. The second step was preparing the lesson plan for both experimental

and control group.

3.3.2. Organizing Research Instrument

The researcher created the test items for both pre-test and post-test and

also constructed statements for questionnaire.

3.3.3. Testing the Validity and Reliability of the Pre-test and Post-test through the Pilot test

The pre-test and post-test were tested to know whether or not the items

had possessed the validity and reliability. In addition, it was also intended to know

the difficulty index of items.

In this case, the pilot-test items were tested to the class which did not

obtain the pre-test and post-test. It was other class whom the students had received

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Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia | repository.upi.edu | perpustakaan.upi.edu 3.3.4. Administering Pre-test

The pre-test was conducted for both experimental and control groups. It

was aimed to know the initial ability of the students especially in their reading

comprehension skills of narrative texts. Moreover, it was conducted to determine

both groups, experimental and control groups, have equal average score from the

result. It was administered to students in class 8.15 as experimental group and

8.17 as control group on Tuesday, 23rd of September 2014.

3.3.5. Conducting the Treatment

The Reciprocal Teaching Strategy was conducted in the experimental

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Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia | repository.upi.edu | perpustakaan.upi.edu Text: The Ugly Duckling

From the table above, Reciprocal Teaching Strategy treatment was given

to the experimental group and Question Answer Relationship (QAR) was given to

the control group. Both groups were received those treatments after conducting

the pre-test. Time allocation of each meeting for both groups was two hours. The

treatments were conducted in four meetings for both groups which are interpreted

as follows:

Experimental group

Before conducting the first treatment, at the very first time, the teacher

introduced the method of reciprocal teaching strategy to the students. The teacher

explained each strategy includes predicting, questioning, clarifying and

summarizing. The teacher showed some key points of this method which can be

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(see appendix A). After that, the teacher prepared to model the four strategies one

at a time. The first section is predicting. The teacher showed the title of example

text and modeled how she observed and read the title. This stage is useful to gain reader’s prior knowledge. Then, the teacher made her prediction and listed it in the board. Later, the teacher showed the first paragraph of the text to the students

and modeled silent reading. It was intended to know the introduction of the text

itself. The second section is questioning. As they together read the first paragraph,

the teacher wrote down her prediction the next paragraph. In this part, the teacher

struggled to show the students how to generate the questions. The third section is

clarifying. The teacher guided the students how to notice on unfamiliar words or

confusing sentences in the text which needed to be clarified. Then she wrote the

unfamiliar words in the board and looked up on the dictionary. At the last stage,

after finishing reading the first paragraph, the teacher continued to show them

how to write and retell of what have read into short summary. After it finished, as

the follow up, the teacher invited some representative of students to review the

four stages to make sure that the all students understood to apply it when reading

text.

 Treatment 1: A mouse deer and crocodile

After the teacher modeled the four strategies, to make in dept

understanding, the teacher divided the four strategies into four meetings, in which

each meeting utilized one strategy of reciprocal teaching method as the focus of

the learning. In the first treatment, the teacher modeled the predicting strategy to

the students. After that, the teacher grouped the students into 4-5 members. Each

group was given the section of texts which would discuss with their friends. In the

group, the students practiced to predict the text by observing the title first and

wrote down their prediction into the paper. In here, the teacher interacted (chit

chat) with the students, by asking what their prediction. Then they started silent

reading for the first paragraph. After finishing the first paragraph, they predicted

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monitor themselves how correct their prediction about the text. This activity is

helpful since it could activate students’ brain and stimulated their knowledge.

(Palinscar&Brown, 1984). This activity was continued until all the sections of the

finished to be discussed. Even though, focus of this meeting was all about

predicting, the teacher still trigger the students, if they had something from the

text which had to be clarified. So it helped them to be familiar with clarifying

strategy. An example of student’s prediction is presented in the following figure:

Figure 3.1 An Example of Students’ Prediction (Taken from student’s

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Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia | repository.upi.edu | perpustakaan.upi.edu  Treatment 2: Goldilocks and the three bears

In the second treatment, the focus of learning was clarifying and

questioning. First of all, the teacher still asked the students to work with their

group which had been organized in the previous meeting. The teacher

provided the second text to the students and asked them to repeat what had

been done in the previous meeting. In here the student had familiar how to

predict. The teacher continued to model the strategy of clarifying and

questioning. The students were asked to list some vocabularies or unfamiliar

words and then they discussed together with their friends to clarify one by

one. It is helpful since it could motivate the students to re-read the text and shared what they understood and what they didn’t. So when the text was clear they continue to read again. The teacher also asked the student to make

questions of what happened in the previous paragraph or for the following

paragraph. It was helpful to make students learned to identify important

information and ideas. (Doolitle et al,. 2006) After they finished the text, as

follow up, the teacher asked the representative of each group to share what

the important information that they could get from text, this activity was

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Figure. 3.2. An Example of Student’s Clarifying and Questioning of

Narrative text.

 Treatment 3: The Ugly Duckling

As the third treatment, the teacher recalled the three strategies which are

predicting, clarifying and questioning in the beginning of the lesson as

brainstorming. The teacher provided another narrative text to be discussed. In

here, the teacher used summarizing strategy as the focus of the learning. The

teacher guided the students to read the text again by using predicting,

questioning and clarifying as what they had been learned in the previous

meeting. After they finished their reading, the teacher asked the students to

sum up what they had been read. First of all the teacher guided the students to

list some important points from another text, and then, the teacher showed

how to make summary from it by making mini draft from each section of

text. Summarizing strategy was helpful as their tool to self-review. Palinscar

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Figure 3.3. An Example of Student’s Summary of Narrative text.

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As the last treatment, the teacher recalled the four strategies in a different

way. The teacher presented four characters which owned the functions from

the four strategies. They are predictor, questioner, clarifier and summarizer.

In here, the students were asked to read another narrative story which each

member of the group acted the four characters. This activity would motivate

the students to be more active to engage in the discussion and helped them to

understand the text easier with fun activity. In the discussion, each member

had their job, student as predictor would help other students to predict about

the text. Student as questioner would help other students to make or generate

questions from the text. Student as clarifier would help to clarify unfamiliar

words which were in the text. And the last, summarizer helped their friends to

sum up the text/story. Finally, as the follow up, the teacher led big discussion

and asked the students about the text and asked what they had been

understood so far or their difficulties related to the four strategies.

Control Group

Control group used Question Answer Relationship (QAR) as the

treatments. The treatments were given to the students in the four meeting. In each

meeting, the teacher utilized the stages of QAR strategy to be implemented in the

classroom. The stage of QAR itself was focused on question-answer reading text

and exercises. Differ from the experimental group which gave different focus of

the learning in each meeting, control group did not. The control group utilized the

same treatments for the four meeting. So in here, only one example of the

implementation of this method in the first meeting which will be explained as

follows:

Treatment1: A Mouse Deer and Crocodile

In the first meeting, the teacher provided the students with one of narrative

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the students had a clear view of the text. First of all, the teacher asked the students

to pay attention then the teacher read aloud the text in front of the students. After

that, the teacher invited some of students to read aloud the text in front of the

class. Related to the QAR strategy, after some representative students finished

read aloud the text, the teacher explained to the students about what the focus of

the lesson. In here, the teacher explained that to understand the whole text, the

students had to be able to answer the questions from the text. The teacher

explained that there were four types of questions that they would encounter when

they read the text. The four questions were examined based on QAR strategy,

those are: Right-there questions, Think and Search Questions, Author and You,

and On My Own. Before conducting reading exercise, the teacher modeled one

text by using QAR strategy. In here the teacher showed how the students could

find information to answer the questions. An example of the question can be seen

on the following figure:

3.4. An Example of the QAR Level of Questions from Narrative text: A Mouse

Deer and Crocodile.

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After the treatments were applied in the classroom, the post-test was

administered to both experimental and control groups. It was aimed to investigate

the effectiveness of Reciprocal Teaching Strategy in improving students’ reading

comprehension. Moreover, it was purposed to compare the post-test result of the

experimental and control groups.

3.3.7. Conducting Questionnaire

In the final step, the questionnaire was conducted in the experimental

group only. It was constructed based on Guttman scale. It was aimed to find out

the students’ responses toward the use of Reciprocal Teaching Strategy in the

classroom. The questionnaire was related to the strengths and weaknesses of the

method. It was administered to Experimental group, 8.15, on Tuesday, October

14th_{, 2014.}

3.4 Data Analysis

3.4.1. Scoring Technique

Since the researcher developed pre-test and post-test in the form of 40

numbers multiple choices, the test scores were determined by the correct numbers

answered which are divided by 0.4. Therefore, the maximum score that can be

obtained by the students is 100.

3.4.2. The Validity Test of Pilot-test

According to Sugiyono (2010, p. 173) stated that “Valid means the instrument can be used to measure what is should be measured”. Since this study

used multiple choices as test, the content of the test should be valid. This study

employed content validity for validity testing. Thus, the Pearson Product Moment

Correlation Coefficient was used to find the validity. According to Kranzler &

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r = �∑ − ∑ ∑

√{�∑ �_−(∑ �_{)} {�∑} � _–(∑ �_)}

r = Pearson Product-Moment Correlation Coefficient

X = test item score (correct = 1. Wrong = 0)

Y = respondent’s score

N = respondent

The data were calculated by using Anates V4. After correlation coefficient

(r) value was calculated, the obtained value was gained, and then it was compared

to rcritical. If robtained ≥ rcritical, it means that the test is valid, while if the robtained ≤ rcritical, it means that the item is not valid.

3.4.3. The Reliability Test of Pilot-test

According to Hatch & Farhady (1982, p.244), reliability was utilized in

order to find the consistency of the result in a test when it is administered under

similar conditions. The reliability of the test was analyzed by using ANATES V4

and the Cronbach’s alpha in SPSS 20 for Windows. After that, the result was

interpreted according to the following criteria:

Table 3.3

The Criteria of Reliability

0.00-0.20 Almost None

0.21-0.40 Low

0.41-0.60 Moderate

0.61-0.80 High

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If the value of Cronbach’s Alpha of the test reaches the range 0.41 to 1.00, the test is considered to be reliable to be used. In the contrary, if the value is less

than 0.40, the test is considered inappropriate to be used in the study.

3.4.4. The Difficulty Index

The difficulty index is defined as the assumption in which the items of the

test should in the middle level, which means not too easy or too difficult. This

study used AnatesV4 to process the test. It was purposed to measure the degree of

difficulty of the test items. The formula is presented as follows:

P = �

��

P refers to difficulty index

B refers to number students who answered correctly

JS refers to number of students

3.4.5. Data Analysis on the Pre-test and the Post-test Scores

3.4.5.1. The Normal Distribution Test

In order to investigate the normal distribution of the set of data, the

Shapiro-Wilk test was employed. According to Razali (2011, p.25), the test was

used for the sample or subject which less than 50. Therefore, this test is

appropriate to be used since the sample of this research took two classes of eighth

grade students which each of the class has 26 students. The test was employed by

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There were several steps in using Shapiro-Wilk test. The first step was

stating the hypothesis and setting the alpha level. The second was analyzing the groups’ scores by using Shapiro-wilk through SPSS 20 for windows. The last but not least was interpreting the output data.

In the first step, 0.05 (two-tailed) is set as the alpha level. Thus,

hypotheses are as follow:

 H0 = the score of the experimental and control groups are normally distributed.

 HA = the score of the experimental and the control groups are not normally distributed.

Finally, the data were analyzed by using Shapiro-Wilk through SPSS 20

for windows. The output data were interpreted by these ways: if the result is

non-significant (p < 0.05) which means the distribution of the sample is non-significantly

different from normal distribution (probably normal) and the null hypothesis is

rejected. In the contrary, if the result is significant (p > 0.05) then the distribution

is approaching the normal distribution and the null hypothesis is accepted.

3.4.5.2 Homogeneity of Variance Test

In analyzing the homogeneity of variance test, this study used the Levene’s test through SPSS 20 for windows. According to Field (2009, p.150), the variances in the groups are equal which means that the difference between

variances are zero.

There are several steps which should be followed in the Levene’s test.

First, stating the hypothesis and setting the alpha level. The hypotheses are

classified into two types, null hypothesis and alternative hypothesis. The null

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are homogenous, whereas, the alternative hypothesis (HA) is when the variances

of both groups are not homogenous. The next step is setting alpha level at 0.05 (∝

= 0.05 .

Further the data were analyzed through SPSS 20 for windows. After that,

the output data were interpreted by these ways: if the Levene’s test (F) is greater

than alpha level (F > 0.05), it is determined as non significant, and then, the null hypothesis is accepted; if the Levene’s test (F) is less than alpha level (F < 0.05), it is determined as significant and the null hypothesis is rejected.

3.4.5.3. Independent T-test

The independent t-test is utilized in order to analyze a relevant relationship

between independent variable (treatment) and dependent variable (reading score)

that is measured on experimental and control groups. According to Coolidge

(2000, p.141), the focus of the test is determining whether or not there is

significant difference between the experimental and control groups’ means on the

dependent variable.

In conducting the independent t-test, the hypothesis should be stated at

first. The hypotheses can be presented as follows:

H0 = there is no significant difference between both groups, experimental and

control.

HA = there is significant difference between both groups, experimental and

control.

After that, the alpha level is set at 0.05 (two-tailed test).

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the hypothesis. The result or t obtained can be interpreted by these ways: if the result

> 0.05, the null hypothesis is rejected which means there is significant difference

of mean between experimental and control groups. In contrary, if the result <

0.05, the null hypothesis is accepted which means there is no significant

difference of mean between experimental and control groups.

3.4.5.4. Dependent T-test

In this case, the dependent t-test is purposed to compare the scores of the

experimental group on pre-test and post-test. The test focuses on determining

whether or not there is a significant difference between the pre-test and post-test

scores before and after the treatment. In conducting this test, the alpha level was

set first at (p = 0.05). And after that, the null hypothesis (H0) was stated which

there is no significant difference between the pre-test and post-test after the

treatment given. It means that there is no improvement. Next, the data obtained

were calculated by using the dependent t-test through SPSS 20 for windows. The

last was comparing the t obtained with the level of significance for testing the

hypothesis t critical. If the t obtained ≥ t critical, the null hypothesis is rejected, and if t obtained < t critical, the null hypothesis is accepted.

3.4.5.5 The Calculation of Effect Size

According to Coolidge (2000, p.151), the effect size is employed to find

out how far independent variable affects the dependent variable. In sort, the effect

size reflects how well the treatment works in this study. The effect size of

independent t-test was calculated by correlation coefficient with the formula can

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r =

√

�2

�2+ ��

r = effect size

t = the independent t-test value

df = degree of freedom (N1+N2-2)

After calculating the effect size, its value compared and analyzed by using the table’s scale. The correlation coefficient of effect size is always positive and range from 0 to 1.00. The scale can be figured as follows:

Table 3.4

The Scale of Effect Size

Effect Size r value

Small 0.100

Medium 0.243

Large 0.371

3.4.6. Data Analysis of the Questionnaire

The questionnaire was constructed by using Guttman scale. According to

Sugiyono (2010, p. 139), Guttman scale is used to obtain the explicit answer

towards the problems which were questioned by the researcher. The questionnaire

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In order to analyze the questionnaire data, this study used the percentile formula. Then, the data were interpreted based on the frequency of students’ answer. According to Hatch & Farhady (1982, p.46), the formula can be presented

as follows:

P = 100 X �

�

P = Percentile

F = Frequency of students’ answer

N = Respondent

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Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia | repository.upi.edu | perpustakaan.upi.edu CHAPTER V

CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS

This chapter provides the conclusions of the research findings and also

some suggestions for further research.

5.1 Conclusions

This study was concerned with the implementation of Reciprocal Teaching

Strategy in teaching reading narrative texts to eighth grade students in Junior High

school. The aims of this study were to find out the effectiveness of using

Reciprocal Teaching Strategy in improving students’ reading comprehension of

narrative text and also to find out the students’ responses towards its

implementation in the classroom.

Based on the research findings, it was revealed that there was a significant

difference between the students who were taught by Reciprocal Teaching Strategy

in experimental group class and those who were not. It was proven by the result of

post-test scores after the treatments. The students in the experimental group

gained higher scores than those who were in the control group. The data analysis

from independent t-test showed that there was a significant difference between

post-test means of the experimental and control groups. The data analysis from

dependent t-test showed that there was a significant improvement of the

experimental group’s scores in post-test. The dependent t-test value was greater

than tcritical value. Moreover, based on the calculation of effect size, the correlation

obtained was in the level of high, which means that the Reciprocal Teaching

Strategy gave high influence in improving students’ reading comprehension. In

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reading comprehension and it was indicated that effective to be implemented in

teaching reading comprehension.

Furthermore, the findings from the questionnaire, generally students gave

positive responses toward the implementation of Reciprocal Teaching Strategy. It

had supported to the successful of this method since the students gained benefits

after during and after the treatments. The benefits were classified into several

categories. First, Reciprocal Teaching Strategy helped the students to comprehend

the text easily. Second, it created a good atmosphere in class since it motivated

students to be active. Third, it motivated the students to participate in a group

discussion and in the learning process. Last, it helped the students to improve their

English ability.

However, the students who gave negative responses toward this method

indicated that the teacher should give them longer period of time to practice

writing since they were asked to make summary of text. Further, the teacher

should know better about the characteristics of each student in classroom, so the

teacher will be easier organized the students to be involved in a group discussion.

5.2 Suggestions

According to research findings and conclusions above, some suggestions

below are specially proposed to English teachers and to future researchers who

have similar field with this study.

First, the implementation of Reciprocal Teaching Strategy is applicable

and appropriate for students in junior high school, even in senior high school

because both of junior high school and senior high school students are expected to

have better skill in reading. Moreover, this method is interesting and also

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Second, considering the weakness of students in writing summary as a part

of stages in this method, it is suggested for English teachers, who apply

Reciprocal Teaching Strategy should give students longer period of time to

practice. Further, it is also suggested for English teacher to combine the four

strategies with games as good as possible in order to increase their interest in

using this method in learning reading.

Furthermore, there are some possible recommendations for future

research. First, the future researcher should try to conduct this method in other

levels of participant or levels of schooling such as, primary school students,

college students, gifted students, students at risk of academic failure, and disabled

students. Second, concerning this study only focuses on reading comprehension of

Narrative texts, it is recommended for future researchers to use other genres such

as Recount, Descriptive, Exposition, Report or other Functional texts; such as

Letters, Invitation, Announcement and etc. Moreover, it would be worth

exploring if this method could be successfully applied for other language skills,

such as speaking and listening, since the Reciprocal Teaching’s process, the students mostly work in group discussion, where the students’ roles involve

mainly speaking and listening. It is beneficial to investigate whether or not the

Reciprocal Teaching affects students’ speaking ability and listening

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