Enhancing the Eighth Grade Students' Recount Text Reading Comprehension Achievement by Using Snowball Throwing Technique at SMPN 7 Jember

This research was intended to improve the eighth grade students' recount text reading achievement and participation at SMPN 7 Jember in the 2015/2016 academic year. The subject of this research was 8G which consisted of 43 students. The design of this research was a classroom action research. T...

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Main Authors: Firda Amilia (Author), Sugeng Ariyanto (Contributor), Asih Santihastuti (Contributor)
Format: Academic Paper
Published: UNEJ, 2016-11-02T01:18:33Z.
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520 |a This research was intended to improve the eighth grade students' recount text reading achievement and participation at SMPN 7 Jember in the 2015/2016 academic year. The subject of this research was 8G which consisted of 43 students. The design of this research was a classroom action research. The study was carried out in one Cycle which consisted of three meetings. The data were gathered in this research through interview, documentation, and test. The primary data of this research were obtained from the students' scores of reading comprehension test and observation checklist. The result of the study showed that there was improvement of students' reading comprehension achievement which most of the students gradually gained good scores at the end of the Cycle. The students' mean score in preliminary study was 57.3 while  the mean score in the Cycle after the actions was 83.8 with the improvement of 26.5 points. Moreover, the percentage of students' participation also improved from 55.8% to 83.2%. In addition, the students enjoyed the class and actively participated in discussing the material when Snowball Throwing technique applied. In conclusion Snowball Throwing technique could improve the students' reading comprehension achievement and their participation. 
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