The objectives of this classroom action research are to identify: (1) whether SQ3R method can improve the students’ reading comprehension; (2) the classroom situation of using SQ3R method in teaching and learning process.
The method used in this research was classroom action research.This research conducted at class XI IA3 students of SMA MUHAMMADIYAH 1 Karanganyar.The research data were collected by using techniques of interview, observation, questionnaire and tests. The qualitative data were analyzed by assembling the data, coding the data, comparing the data, building interpretations, and reporting the outcomes. The quantitative data were analyzed by comparing the mean score of pre-test and post-test
The research findings show that SQ3R method can improve the students’ reading comprehension and the classroom situation. It can improve the students’ reading comprehension in five aspects including finding main idea, explicit and implicit information, reference of pronoun, and identifying the meaning of word. Besides, the improvement of students’ reading comprehension could be seen from the students’ mean score of the tests. The mean score of pre-test was 63, it improved to 68in first post-test, and it increased up to 75.8 in second post-test.The classroom situation shows that the students are more active in teaching and learning process. They pay more attentionto the teachers’ explanation,look conduciveand enthusiastic in reading class.
From the results above, it could be concluded that SQ3R method could improve the students’ reading comprehension and classroom situation. It is recommended that the teacher can implement SQ3R method to overcome the students’ reading problems.
Keywords: action research, sq3r, reading comprehension, classroom situation