Teaching Reading Comprehension Using STAD to the Students in Grade Eight at SMPN 3 Cipeucang

Abstract

Cooperative learning is a group of learning activity which conveys skills of collaborating, cooperating, sharing and socializing in which students of all levels of academic ability working together in structured groups rather than as individuals in order to achieve the goals that could not be achieved individually. STAD is a cooperative learning strategy in which in one group consists of four to five learners with different levels of academic ability working together to arrive at the objective of the learning. This study aims to analyze the implementation of STAD in teaching reading comprehension narrative text to the students in grade eight at SMP Negeri 3 Cipeucang. This study employs Classroom Action Research. The data is obtained from the teaching-learning process, the result of the students’ task scores, observation, and field notes. The results of this study show that STAD is applicable and practical to be applied in teaching reading comprehension. The implementation of STAD in teaching reading comprehension significantly improves students’ reading comprehension. This classroom action research has met the criteria of success in which  in the first meeting, 80.6%  students’ reading comprehension task scores are equal to or above the minimum passing grade (KKM) 70, and in the second meeting, 87% students’ reading comprehension task scores are equal to or above the minimum passing grade.  In fact, STAD is good not only for the students, but also for the teacher. STAD offers the teacher a better peer teaching and to be more concerned on the teaching and learning process. STAD offers more fun to the learning process and creates good interaction between the students in learning the lesson material. In addition, the students are highly motivated and interested to the learning.