Improving Students' Reading Comprehension by Implementing Reciprocal Teaching at the Second Semester of STKIP Dharma Bakti Lubuk Alung Padang Pariaman Regency

The research is motivated by t he low of second semester students’
reading comprehension at STKIP Dharma Bakti Lubuk Alung year 2012/2013. It
is caused by one factor, lack of effectiveness in teaching and learning process in
reading comprehension. In this case, it is necessary to conduct the research. The
purpose of this study is tofind out to what extent Reciprocal Teaching
canimprove the effectiveness of teaching and learning process in reading
comprehension. Besides, this study also aims toi dentify the dominant factors that
influencet he effectiveness of teaching and learning process in reading
comprehension.
This research was classroom action research consisted of two cycles. Each
cycle runs for four meetings. Each cycle consisted of four phases: planning,
action, observation, and reflection. The participants of the research were
31students of the second semester STKIP Dharma Bakti Lubuk Alung. The
instruments were observation sheet, interview and reading comprehension test.
Reading comprehension test was distributed at the end of the cycle. The test
consisted of 20 multiple choice questions. To collect the data from the
observation, the researcher helped by the collaborator to identifythe dominant
factor that influence the effectiveness of teaching and learning process in reading
comprehension.
From the data obtained, the researcher concludes that there are some
improvements in the teaching and learning reading comprehension. This is
evidenced by the increase of the students' score in reading comprehension test.
Thedominant factor that influence the effectiveness of teaching and learning
process in reading comprehension are: classroom activities, teaching material,
teacher knowledge, interaction, and behavior assessment.