ABSTRACT

Aulia Dzaky Valid. K2213009. A Comparative Study between Team Games Tournament and Student Teams Achievement Divisions Methods in Teaching Reading. A Thesis, Surakarta: Teacher Training and Education Faculty of Sebelas Maret University, January 2020.

This study aims at finding out: (1) whether there is a significant difference in reading comprehension between students taught using Students Teams Achievement Divisions (STAD) and students taught using Team Games Tournament (TGT); and (2) which method is better to be implemented by teachers to teach reading between TGT and STAD. The research method used in this study is the quasi-experimental research design. This research was conducted at one of junior high school in Purwodadi. The population of the research was the eighth grade students in that school. The samples were students of class VIII A as the experimental group which consisted of 32 students and students of class VIII D as the control group which consisted of 32 students. The research instruments used to collect the data in this study were tests, including pre-test and post-test. The data were analysed by using the t-test formula and the post-test mean score to determine the significant difference and the better method respectively. The data computation using the t-test shows that t observation (to) (3.11) was higher than t table (tt) (1.96). The post-test mean score of the experimental group was 80.625, while the post-test mean score of the control group was 74.625. In a nutshell, there is a significant difference in reading comprehension between the students taught using STAD and the students taught using TGT and TGT is better than STAD to be implemented by teachers to teach reading.

Keywords: Student Teams Achievement Divisions (Stad); Team Games Tournament (Tgt); Reading Comprehension.