IMPROVING STUDENTS’ READING ABILITY BY USING THINK PAIR SHARE (TPS) TECHNIQUE AT THE EIGHTH GRADE OF MTs NEGERI 1 BANDAR LAMPUNG IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2021/2022
Keywords:
Clasroom Action Research, Reading Ability, Think Pair Share (TPS) techniqueAbstract
This research aimed to improve students’ learning activities and reading ability by using Think Pair Share (TPS) technique. The researcher used Classroom Action Research as the design of collecting data. It consisted of 2 cycles, the subject of this research was in one class with 29 students. The data collecting technique the researcher used test and observation sheet. The findings of this research showed that students learning activity showed improvement from the cycle I on the average 6.70 whereas it categorized as poor category. In cycle II it increased were on the average 7.51 whereas it categorized as good category. Then the average score of Students’ reading test was improved, from the cycle I and cycle II. It was 37.93% on cycle 1 and in cycle II was 75.86% who passed the Minimum Mastery Criteria. Therefore, the writer concluded that the implementation of Think Pair share (TPS) technique was successful to improve students’ reading ability and learning activity at the eighth grade of MTs Neegeri 1 Bandar Lampung in academic year of 2021/2022.
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