Abstract
The objectives of the research are: (1) to reveal whether Cooperative Reading Groups is more effective than Direct Instruction method to teach reading; (2) to know whether the students having high intelligence have better reading skill than those having low intelligence; and (3) to prove whether there is an interaction between teaching method and students’ intelligence to teach reading.
The research was conducted at MTs Arrahmah in the academic year of
2016/2017. The research method was experimental research by using factorial design . The population in this research was the second graders of MTs Arrahmah. It was used cluster random sampling to obtain the sample. The sample consisted of 60 students which were divided into two classes, VIII A consisting 30 students as an experimental class and VIII B consisting 30 student as a control class. The instruments used to collect the data were reading test to obtain the score of reading skill and documentation that was used to collect the data of the students’ intelligence. Before the instrument were used, the tryout was done to know the validity and reliability of instruments. Reading skill test was conducted by using valid and reliable instrument. The collected data were analyzed by the writer in term of their frequency distribution, normality, and homogeneity. Then, ANOVA test (multifactor analysis of variance) and TUKEY test were used to test the research hypotheses.
Research findings show: (1) Cooperative Reading Groups is more effective than DI method for teaching reading; (2) The students having high intelligence have better reading skill than the students having low intelligence; and (3) There is an interaction between teaching strategies and students’ intelligence for teaching reading. The effect of teaching strategies on the students’ reading skill depends on the students’ intelligence for the eighth grade students of MTs Arrahmah. Thus, it can be concluded that Cooperative Reading Groups is an effective method to teach reading for the eighth graders who have high intelligence.
Key word: Reading skill, Cooperative Reading Groups, Direct Instruction,
Students’ intelligence.
