The Use of Think Pair and Share Technique in Teaching Reading to the Seventh Grade of Senior High School

Abstract

The study was conducted to determine  the use think-pair-share technique is effective in teaching descriptive reading that improved students’ achievement in reading comprehension. This objective is supported by Frank Lyman’s theory, “Think-pair-share is a learner centered and highly effective collaborative teaching strategy that is widely used in higher educationâ€. That statement was proven and can be seen from the students activities during the implementation of think-pair-share in teaching learning activities. This study used quantitative method, and experimental with one group pre-test – post-test as the design. There were thirty five students from the seventh grade of SMPN 1 Palimanan Kabupaten Cirebon were used as the sample. In the experimental class, the writer used think-pair-share as the treatment, it has been done in three meetings. Pre-test and post-test was used to gain the data. There were ten question of essay students’ sheet was used as intruments of the test. The experiment class showed a significant reading comprehension, it shows that t_account is higher than t_table (18.13 t_{account Â} 2.032 t_table). Based on the reasult the writer concludes that use of think-pair-share technique in teaching descriptive reading is effective in improving students’ reading comprehension.

 

Keyword   : Think-Pair-Share Technique, Descriptive Text, Teaching Reading Comprehension