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THE USE OF DIRECTED READING THINKING ACTIVITY (DRTA) TO TEACH READING COMPREHENSION Yatmini Yatmini; Siti Asiyah; Restu Mufanti
EDUPEDIA Vol 1, No 1 (2017): Oktober
Publisher : Universitas Muhammadiyah Ponorogo

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | Full PDF (219.169 KB) | DOI: 10.24269/ed.v1i1.166

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DRTA technique is a strategy that explain about teaching students in good reading habits. This strategy helps strengthen reading and critical thinking skill. The purpose of this research was to know the use of directed reading thinking activity (DRTA) to teach reading comprehension for the eleventh grade students in SMK Negeri 1 Poncol. The subject of this research was the students of the eleventh grade class XI Boga 2 of SMK Negeri 1 Poncol in the academic year 2017/2018, which consisted of 21 students. The research was started on July 26th, 2017 until August 1st, 2017. This Classroom Action Research was conducted in two cycles and each cycle consisted of two meetings. The researcher used three research instruments. They were: observation checklist, questionnaire, and test. Based on the result of this research, the observation checklist result showed that the students become active during teaching learning process. The result of observation checklist cycle 1 was 66.67%, while, the result improved up to 90.00% in cycle 2. The result of questionnaire in cycle 1 was 72.00%. While, the result of questionnaire in cycle 2 was 84.00%. It showed that the students enjoyed and were interested in reading comprehension. In cycle 1, there were 12 or 60.00% of students got score under KKM, and 8 or 40.00% of students passed in the test. Then, the students who reached the minimum score based of KKM in cycle 2 was 100%. Finally, the researcher concluded that the implementation of Directed Reading Thinking Activity (DRTA) Technique to Teach Reading Comprehension for the Eleventh Grade Students in SMK N 1 Poncol was successful. The researcher hopes that the result of this study will be useful for the next researcher.
BASIC QUESTIONING WITH PICTURE IN WRITING CLASS: IS IT EFFECTIVE? Villia Rachmawati; Ana Maghfiroh; Restu Mufanti
EDUPEDIA Vol 1, No 1 (2017): Oktober
Publisher : Universitas Muhammadiyah Ponorogo

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | Full PDF (532.243 KB) | DOI: 10.24269/ed.v1i1.164

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This research was carried out to measure whether using basic questioning with picture is effective in teaching writing. The research design used in this reasearch was experimental research which consisted of two groups, experimental and control group. The sample of this research were X IPA1 as the experimental group which consisted of 32 students and X IPA2 as the control group which consisted of 30 students. The experimental group was taught by using basic questioning with picture while the control group was not taught by using basic questioning with picture, it was taught as usual or lecturing only. The instrument used to collect data was test. The test was writing test which was given in pre test and post test both two groups. The assessment of the result of writing test was focused on the five elements of writing (content, organization, vocabulary, language use, and mechanic). The technique to analyze the data used t-test formula.Two groups were compared. The result of statistical hypothesis on significance α=0.05 showed ttest (2.91) was higher than ttable (2.00). It means that, there was significant difference between the students who were taught by using basic questioning with picture and the students who were not taught by using basic questioning with picture in teaching writing. From the explanation above, it can be concluded that the use of basic questioning with picture is effective in teaching writing of the tenth year students of SMA Muhammadiyah 1 Ponorogo in Academic Year 2016/2017.