THE USE OF STAD COOPERATIVE LEARNING TO IMPROVE READING COMPREHENSION OF THE SECOND YEAR STUDENTS AT SMAN 2 TAMBANG

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THE USE OF STAD COOPERATIVE LEARNING TO IMPROVE READING COMPREHENSION OF THE SECOND YEAR STUDENTS AT SMAN 2 TAMBANG MUKHTAROM BUNIS MAHDUM WIRDA BURHAN English Study Program Teachers’ Training and Education Faculty Riau University Abstract The purpose of this classroom action research was to improve reading comprehension of the second year students at SMAN 2 Tambang by using STAD cooperative learning. The second year students of SMAN 2 Tambang were low on reading comprehension and it should be increased. This research consisted of one circle of treatment that began with planning, action, observation and reflection. The cycle has four meetings using STAD technique, in which that STAD consisted of five major components: class presentation, team study, quizzes, individual improving scores, and team recognition. This research was conducted in October to November 2012, in the academic year 2012/2013. The subjects were 30 students from class XI IPS. There were pre-test before doing the treatment and post-test after finishing the treatment for measurement. There were also observation sheets for the students and the teacher to see the whole process in the classroom whether the teacher and students have better performance or not. As the result, STAD cooperative learning could improve the students’ reading comprehension from 53.21% of the average pre-test score or only 3 students passed the pre-test to 75.88% of the average post-test score or 28 students passed in the post-test based on minimum passing grade (70). It proved that the research was successful to improve the students’ reading comprehension by using STAD cooperative learning.