The Effectiveness Of Think Pair Share Method To Teach Reading Comprehension Viewed From Students’ Motivation

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Tauricha Astiyandha - S891108113 - Sekolah Pascasarjana

This research is aimed at finding out; (1) Think Pair Share is more effective than Direct Instruction Method to teach reading comprehension; (2) Students who have high motivation have better reading comprehension than students who have low motivation; and (3) There is an interaction between teaching methods and students’ motivation in teaching reading comprehension. The research was an experimental study. It was carried out at MAN 2 Metro in the Academic year of 2012/2013. The population was the XI students of MAN 2 Metro in the Academic Year of 2012/2013. It consists of nine classes (306 students). The research used cluster random sampling to get the sample. It consists of two classes: (1) 34 students of XI A3, and (2) 34 students of XI A4. There are two instruments in the form of test for collecting data: (1) 40 items of motivation questionnaire and (2) 40 items of reading test. The two instruments were valid and reliable after both were tried out to the XI A5. The data were the result of reading test and analyzed by multifactor analysis of variance 2x2 (ANOVA). Then, it was analyzed by Tukey test. The result of data analysis shows that: (1) Think Pair Share Method is more effective than Direct Instruction Method to teach reading comprehension because Fo(7.501) > Ft (3.99) and qo (3.87) > qt (2.89); (2) Students having high motivation have better reading comprehension than the students having low motivation because Fo(7.848) > Ft(3.99) and qo(3.96)> qt(2.89) and; (3) There is an interaction between teaching methods and students’ motivation in teaching reading comprehension because Fo(39.385) > Ft(3.99), and the result of Tukey test shows that: (a) for the students having high motivation, Think Pair Share Method differs significantly from Direct Instruction method to teach reading because qo between A1B1 and A2B1(9.08) > qt (2.98) and Think Pair Share is more effective than Direct Instruction Method to teach reading comprehension because the mean of A1B1(78.06) > A2B1(61.12); and (b) for the students having low motivation, Direct Instruction Method is significantly different from Think Pair Share Method to teach reading comprehension because qo between A2B and A1B2(3.54) > qt(2.98) and Direct Instruction Method is more effective than Think Pair Share Method to teach reading comprehension because the mean of A2B2(67.65) is higher than A1B2(61.00) Based on the result of the research, it can be concluded that Think pair Share Method is an effective method to teach reading. The research also shows that the effect of teaching methods depends on level the students’ motivation.