Open AccessThe constructivist approach (coap) to enhance students comprehension in reading procedure text for students of Universitas Muhammadiyah Sidenreng Rappang
Author(s) -
Hardianti Hardianti,
Jamaluddin Ahmad,
Syam Hermansyah
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
uad tefl international conference
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2775-6599
DOI - 10.12928/utic.v2.5795.2019
Subject(s) - reading comprehension , cluster sampling , mathematics education , test (biology) , reading (process) , population , psychology , academic year , class (philosophy) , comprehension , pedagogy , computer science , medicine , linguistics , artificial intelligence , paleontology , philosophy , environmental health , biology , programming language
This research aimed to investigate the constructivist approach to enhance students reading comprehension at UMS Rappang. This research employed the pre-experimental method with one group pre-test and post-test design. The population was the second-year students of UMS Rappang in 2018-2019 academic years. The population included 66 students consisting of three classes; one class (I.2) was taken as a sample by using cluster sampling, as many as 22 students. The instrument used in this research was reading test. The result of this research showed that the pre-test got the mean score of 44.50, while the post-test 64.18. It showed that the p-value (0.000) was lower than the level of significance (alpha (α) = 0.05). It means that H1 was accepted. The research concluded that teaching reading comprehension by using a constructivist approach enhances students’ reading comprehension at the First year of UMS Rappang.