PENGARUH PENGGUNAAN NUMBERED HEAD BERSAMA TERHADAP PEMAHAMAN MEMBACA SISWA KELAS II SMP NEGERI 1 TARAKAN
THE EFFECT OF USING NUMBERED HEADS TOGETHER ON READING COMPREHENSION OF SECOND GRADE STUDENTS OF SMP NEGERI 1 TARAKAN Abstract This study aimed to determine whether the use of Numbered Heads Together (NHT) was effective in teaching reading comprehension on recount texts to the eight graders at the SMP Negeri 1 Tarakan. This study used a pre – experimental design. The population of this study were all the eighth grade students at the school. The total population was 352 students and the sample was the class VIII2 which consisted of 32 students. The samples were taken using a purposive sampling technique. The stages in this research were pre-test, treatment and post-test. At the pre-test stage, students were asked to answer the given test. After the pre-test, the researcher give treatments. The experimental class was taught using NHT. After being given the treatment, the students were asked to answer the test given at the post-test satge. The result of the study showed that there was a difference in the mean score between the pre-test (M = 53.38) and the post-test (M = 77.06), with an increase by 23.68. the result of paired sample t-test showed that the p-value was smaller than the level of significant (0.000 0.05), indicating that the alternative hypothesis (Ha) was accepted and null hypothesis (H0) was rejected. Thus, there was a significant effect of using NHT in teaching reading comprehension on recount texts to the eighth grader students at the SMP Negeri 1 Tarakan.