Improving Students’ Reading Comprehension at Grade XI IPA of SMA Negeri 5 Bengkalis Through Jigsaw Technique.

The purpose of this classroom action research was to explain the extent to which jigsaw technique can improve the students‟ reading comprehension at grade XI IPA of SMA Negeri 5 Bengkalis and the factors‟ that change the students‟ reading comprehension through jigsaw technique at grade XI IPA of SMA Negeri 5 Bengkalis. There were 21 students who participated in the research at three cycles. In each cycle, a collaborator helped the researcher to collect the data namely quantitative and qualitative data. The quantitative data were collected by administering reading comprehension tasks and tests. The tasks were given at the end of each meeting and the tests were given at the end of each cycle Then, the qualitative data were collected by using observation, field notes and interview. The collaborator used observation sheet and fieldnote to observe the researcher and students while they were doing their activities. Besides, the interview was also used to collect qualitative data that out of observation sheet and fieldnote. The research findings showed that Jigsaw Technique could better improve students‟ reading comperehension at grade XI IPA of SMA Negeri 5 Bengkalis. In addition, some factors that influenced the students‟ reading comprehension were also got namely materials, media, classroom activities, classroom management, teacher‟s approach and teacher‟s strategy.