Note-Taking Pairs Strategy Towards Students’ Critical Thinking Ability In Reading Comprehension

Dira Permana (Program Studi Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris, FPBS IKIP Mataram)
Taufik Suadiyatno (Program Studi Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris, FPBS IKIP Mataram)
Siti Harmawati (Program Studi Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris, FPBS IKIP Mataram)

Jurnal Kependidikan: Jurnal Hasil Penelitian dan Kajian Kepustakaan di Bidang Pendidikan, Pengajaran dan Pembelajaran
Vol 5, No 2: September 2019

This study aimed to seek the effect of the Note-Taking Pairs strategy on the students' critical thinking skill in reading comprehension. This study used an experimental method with pre-test and post-test design. The research sample covered class XI-IPA2 which was used as an experimental group and consisted of 26 students and class XI-IPA1 was used as a control group consisting of 26 students. The instruments used in collecting data were reading test in the form of multiple-choice and observation sheets of critical thinking skills. The finding data were subsequently analyzed by using SPSS 18. The t-test results showed that the t-test value (1.754) was higher than the t-table (1.671) at the significance level 0.05. Therefore, based on these results, it can be concluded that there is a positive effect from the use of the Note-Taking Pairs strategy on the students' critical thinking skill in reading comprehension at the eleventh-grade students of SMAN 2 Narmada.