Improving Students’ Reading Comprehension through Student Teams Achievement Divisions (STAD) at Grade XII Technology and Computer Network Skill Program (TKJ 1) of SMK Negeri 1 Kota Solok

Netti Miharni, 2012. Improving Students’ Reading Comprehension through Student Teams Achievement Divisions (STAD) at Grade XII Technology and Computer Network Skill Program (TKJ 1) of SMK Negeri 1 Kota Solok The purpose of this research is to improve the students‟ reading comprehension through Student Teams Achievement Divisions (STAD) at grade XII TKJ 1 of SMK Negeri 1 Kota Solok and to find out the factors that influence the changes of the students‟ reading comprehension through Student Teams Achievement Divisions (STAD) This research was the Classroom Action Research (CAR). The participants were the students at grade XII TKJ 1 (Technology and Computer Network Skill Program) that consisted of 28 students. The instruments used to collect data in this research were task, test, observation sheet (field note), and interview which were used to see the development of students‟ reading comprehension through Student Teams Achievement Divisions (STAD). This research consisted of 10 meetings of 2 cycles. Each cycle applied plan, action, observation, and reflection. The findings of this research showed that the students‟ reading comprehension at grade XII TKJ 1 of SMK Negeri 1 Kota Solok improved through Student Teams Achievement Divisions (STAD). The improvement could be seen from the result of semester test as base score was 59.64%, the students‟ reading comprehension at the first cycle was 65.17%. It increased on the second cycle 79.28%. The improvement was influenced by several factors such as material, media, classroom activities, classroom management, teacher‟s approach, teacher‟s strategy, and reward From the explanation above, it can be concluded that by applying Student Teams Achievement Divisions (STAD), the students‟ reading comprehension could be improved. Hopefully, this research could be significant input for English teachers in teaching reading.