Year: 2024 | Month: July | Volume: 11 | Issue: 7 | Pages: 145-155
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijrr.20240716
The Effectiveness of Student Team Achievement Division (STAD) and Directed Reading Thinking Activity (DRTA) Strategies in Teaching Reading Comprehension to Students with Different Levels of Motivation at MAS Ahmad Dahlan Tegal
Binta Ihtada1, Rini Susanti Wulandari2, Suwandi3
1,2,3English Language Education, Faculty of Languages and Arts, Universitas Negeri Semarang.
Corresponding Author: Binta Ihtada
ABSTRACT
This study aims to investigate the effectiveness of the Student Team Achievement Division (STAD) and Directed Reading Thinking Activity (DRTA) strategies in teaching reading comprehension to students with different levels of motivation at MAS Ahmad Dahlan Tegal. This study used a 2x2 factorial design. This study conducted at MAS Ahmad Dahlan Tegal. The participants of the study included Group X B comprising 25 students, and Group X D comprising 26 students. The students will be classified into high and low motivation and will be taught with different teaching strategies. The instruments of the study are tests, questionnaire, and observation. This result showed that STAD and DRTA strategies are effective to teach reading comprehension. The mean post-test score in the experimental group I was 75.40, while the mean post-test score in the experimental group II was 74.43. In addition, the mean post-test score in the experimental group I was recorded as 73.60, while the mean post-test score in the experimental group was 67.33 II. It can be concluded that STAD and DRTA strategies effective in improving students’ reading comprehension to both of high and low levels of motivation.
Keywords: Reading comprehension, STAD strategy, DRTA strategy, Motivation
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