THE EFFECT OF USING JIGSAW 1 TECHNIQUE TO IMPROVE STUDENT’S READING COMPREHENSION ABILITY

Abstract

This research is entitled “Effectiveness of Utilizing Jigsaw 1 towards Improving Students’ Reading Comprehension  Ability. Experimental design was used in this study. The participants of this study were two classes of grade 8 of junior high school in Parongpong  Bandung , Indonesia ; each class consisted of 32 participants in grade 8A as the experimental group and 33 participants in grade 8B as the control group. The Experimental group was taught using Jigsaw 1 Technique and the control group was taught using conventional technique.  This study intended to seek answer on the question; Is there any significant difference on the effect of reading comprehension between those students who are using jigsaw-1 and those who are taught through conventional method. This research was divided into three steps: giving  a pre-test, treatment (Jigsaw 1

Technique)  and the last giving post-test.  Data analysis shows that, there is a significant  difference in the reading comprehension ability between those who were taught using Jigsaw 1 technique and those who were taught using conventional technique.