THE INFLUENCE OF RECIPROCAL TEACHING STRATEGY AND READING HABIT TOWARD STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT ON READING COMPREHENSION AT THE EIGHT GRADE OF MTS AL HASYIMIYAH

Abstract

This study was aimed to know the Influence of Reciprocal Teaching Strategy and reading habit toward students’ reading comprehension at the 8th grade students of MTs Al-Hasyimiyah. This study is categorized as quasi experimental research in which to know the Influence of Reciprocal Teaching Strategy and reading habit toward students’ reading comprehension. The sample of this study was two classes of eight grade students (class 8) of MTs Al-Hasyimiyah. One class as experimental class comprised with 30 students, and the other class as controlled class comprised with 30 students as well. The method used in this study is quantitative method with treatment by level 2x2 design. The researcher used test and questionnaire to collect the data. The findings of this study are: It can be seen that sig 0.000 < 0.05 and Fobserved (16,901) > Ftable (3.34). (2) There were not interactional influence of teaching strategy (Reciprocal Teaching and Conventional) and reading habit toward students’ reading comprehension. It can be seen that sig 0.440 > 0.05 and Fobserved (0.605) < Ftable (3.34). (3) There was an influence of students’ reading comprehension who were taught by Reciprocal Teaching strategy was higher than those who were taught by Conventional strategy for students who had high reading habit. It can be seen that p-value = 0.016 < 0.05. (4) There was the difference of students’ reading comprehension who were taught by Reciprocal Teaching strategy and those who were taught by Conventional strategy for students who had low reading habit. It can be seen that p-value = 0.004 < 0.05.