The Effectiveness Of Inquiry-Based Learning To Teach Reading Viewed From The Student’s Creativity (An Experimental Study At The Eighth Grade Students Of Mts. Negeri Tuban In The Academic Year Of 2011/2012)

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Syofiyan Yunus - S891008091 - Sekolah Pascasarjana

This research is aimed at finding out whether: (1) Inquiry-based Learning is more effective than Lecture method to teach reading; (2) students who have high creativity have better reading skill than those who have low creativity; and (3) there is interaction between teaching methods and students’ creativity in teaching reading The research was conducted at MTs. Negeri Tuban in the academic year of 2011/2012 which consists of six classes. The research method used was experimental study. The sample was taken by using cluster random sampling. There are two classes used as samples, namely VIII-A as the experimental class taught using Inquiry-based Learning and VIII-B as control class taught using Lecture method. The data of the research were collected using two valid and reliable instruments, namely verbal creativity test and reading test. The verbal creativity test is used to classify students into two groups: the students who have high creativity and those who have low creativity. The reading test is used to know the students’ reading skill. After the normality and homogeneity test were conducted, the hypothesis test was done. The data of reading test were analyzed by using multifactor analysis of variance 2 x 2 and Tukey test. Based the data analysis, there are some research findings that can be drawn. First, Inquiry-based Learning is more effective than Lecture method to teach reading. Second, the students who have high creativity have better reading skill than those who have low creativity. Third, there is interaction between teaching methods and students’ creativity in teaching reading. The effectiveness of the teaching method is influenced by the degree of students’ creativity. Based on the research findings, it can be concluded that Inquiry-based Learning is an effective method to teach reading to the eighth grade students of MTs. Negeri Tuban in the academic year of 2011/2012. Therefore, the use of Inquiry-based Learning is recommended in teaching reading in order to achieve a good result.