R, The THE EFFECTIVENESS OF KNOW-WHAT-LEARN (KWL) AND JIGSAW TECHNIQUES IN TEACHING READING FOR COMPREHENDING NARRATIVE TEXT

Abstract

This study was a factorial experimental research which aimed to describe: the effectiveness of KWL and Jigsaw technique towards reading comprehension of high achievers, the effectiveness KWL and Jigsaw to reading comprehension of low achievers, the effectiveness of KWL and Jigsaw technique towards reading comprehension of high achievers, and the interaction effect between techniques and students’ types towards reading comprehension of the students. The samples of this study were the second grade students of SMAN Cidahu in the academic year of 2012/2013. It consisted of 44 students. They were divided to be two groups. The group of experiment that used the KWL technique and the control group used jigsaw technique. Two-ways ANOVA was conducted to test the hypotheses, two ways analysis of variance with F-test at the 5% (0.05) level of significance. The result revealed that jigsaw was more effective to teach reading comprehension than KWL with the significant difference of 0.000 < 0.05. Based on these results, KWL and jigsaw recommended to be applied when peajaran reading comprehension to improve the reading skills.

Kata Kunci : Key words: Reading Comprehension, KWL, Jigsaw, High and Low Achievers