THE EFFECTIVENESS OF USING JIGSAW TECHNIQUE IN TEACHING READING COMPREHENSION AT THE EIGHTH GRADE OF SMP PARAMARTA CIPUTAT IN 2013/2014 ACADEMIC YEAR

shafiyyur ridhwan; drs. h. susilo wardoyo, m. pd.; dra. eni burhayani, m. pd.;

KHARISMA OKTAVIANI. 0901065149 “The Effectiveness of Using Jigsaw Technique In Teaching Reading Comprehension At the Eight Grade Of SMP Paramarta Ciputat in the 2013/2014 Academic Years.” The Experimental Study at SMP Paramarta Ciputat, Tangerang Selatan. Skripsi, Department of English Education, the School of Teacher Training and Education. The University of Muhammadiyah Prof. DR. HAMKA, Oktober 2014.
The purpose of this research is to discover whether jigsaw technique is effective in teaching reading to the eighth grade students at SMP Paramarta Ciputat. The writer used an experimental method in this research. The population of the research were all the eighth students of SMP Paramarta Ciputat. The samples were taken from two classes of the eighth grade. The writer took 25 students for the experiment class and 25 students for the control class. The writer collected the data by using pre-test and post-test as the instrument of the research. The technique of data analysis used in the research was through the t-test formula.
The result of this research shows that jigsaw technique in teaching reading comprehension is effective. The result is tobserved = 3.68 the ttable = 1.68 .Because to>tt = 3.68>1.68 it means that there is a significant effectiveness in teaching reading comprrehension by using jigsaw technique.
The research findings are expected to be useful for the students to help them improe their reading comprehension. In addition, it gives information to the teachers to know variation technique in order to make the teaching and learning activities better and more effective.