THE EFFECT OF USING THINK-PAIR-SHARE STRATEGY ON THE ABILITY OF THE SECOND YEAR STUDENTS OF SMPN 10 PEKANBARU IN COMPREHENDING RECOUNT TEXTS

Abstract

Abstract: This pre-experimental study was conducted by using One-Group Pretest-Posttest design to find out whether or not there is a significant effect of using Think-Pair-Share strategy on the ability of the second year students of SMPN 10 Pekanbaru in comprehending recount texts. The sample of the research was 37 students of class VIII-8 and obtained by using cluster sampling technique. The result of the data analysis showed that mean scores of the pre-test was 64.66 and the mean score of the post-test was 73.78. In other words, the mean scores of the post-test is higher than the pre-test and it’s gained score was 9.12. The result also showed that the value of t-test was higher than t-table (10.488 > 2.028) at significant level of 5%. It can be concluded that Alternative Hypothesis (Ha) is accepted and Null Hypothesis (H0) is rejected. Hence, there was a significant effect of Think-Pair-Share strategy on the ability of the second year students of SMPN 10 Pekanbaru in comprehending recount texts.
Key Words: Effect, Think-Pair-Share Strategy, Recount Texts.