The Effectiveness Of Buzz Groups Method To Teach Reading Comprehension Viewed From Students’ Learning Motivation (An Experimental Study At The Eighth Grade Students Of Smpn 1 Jaten, Karanganyar In The 2012/2013 Academic Year)

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Elisabeth Milaningrum - S89110804 - Sekolah Pascasarjana

This research is aimed at finding out whether: (1) Buzz Groups Method is more effective than Direct Instruction Method to teach reading comprehension; (2) the students who have high motivation have better reading comprehension than those who have low motivation; and (3) there is an interaction between teaching methods and students’ learning motivation for teaching reading comprehension. The method which was applied in this research was experimental study. It was conducted at SMPN 1 Jaten, Karanganyar in the 2012/ 2013 academic year. The population of the research is the eighth grade students of SMPN 1 Jaten, Karanganyar in the 2012/ 2013 academic year. The samples were two classes. In taking the sample, cluster random sampling technique was used. Each class was divided into two groups (the students who have high and low motivation). The data were analyzed by using multifactor analysis of ANOVA 2x2 and tukey test. Based on the results of the analysis, there are some research findings that can be taken: (1) Buzz Groups Method is significantly different from Direct Instruction Method to teach reading comprehension because Fo>Ft and qo between columns (C1 and C2) > qt and Buzz Groups Method is more effective than Direct Instruction Method to teach reading comprehension because the mean of C1> C2; (2) The reading comprehension of the students who have high motivation is significantly different from that of those who have low motivation because Fo>Ft and qo between rows (R1 and R2) >qt and the students who have high motivation have better reading comprehension than those who have low motivation because the mean of R1> R2; and (3) There is an interaction between teaching methods and students’ learning motivation for teaching reading comprehension because Fo>Ft: (a) for the students who have high motivation, Buzz Groups Method is significantly different from Direct Instruction Method to teach reading comprehension because qo between cells (A1B1 and A2B1) > qt and Buzz Groups Method is more effective than Direct Instruction Method to teach reading comprehension because the mean of A1B1 and A2B1> qt; and (b) for the students who have low motivation, Direct Instruction Method is significantly different from Buzz Groups Method to teach reading comprehension because qo between cells (A2B2 and A1B2) >qt and Direct Instruction Method is more effective than Buzz Groups Method to teach reading comprehension for the students who have low motivation because the mean of A2B2 > A1B2 . The effectiveness of the method depends on the degree of the students’ motivation.