Open AccessThe Implementation of Jigsaw Technique on Narrative Text
Author(s) -
Nanda Fikri Furqoni,
Suparno Suparno,
Dewi Wahyuni
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
english education/english education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2716-3687
pISSN - 2302-6413
DOI - 10.20961/eed.v7i2.35823
Subject(s) - jigsaw , mathematics education , reading comprehension , class (philosophy) , reading (process) , academic year , test (biology) , population , psychology , process (computing) , computer science , narrative , pedagogy , artificial intelligence , linguistics , medicine , philosophy , paleontology , environmental health , biology , operating system
This study is conducted to find out and to describe to what extent the use of Jigsaw Technique improves the students’ reading comprehension, and to describe the classroom situation when Jigsaw Technique is implemented in reading class. The population of this study is the students of grade VIII in a state junior high school in Boyolali in the academic year 2017/2018 consists of 21 students. The data were collected by observation, interview, and test. The research findings showed that the teacher dominated the teaching-learning process, while the students were not active to give responses but passive to ask questions. The brief explanation of this study can be presented as follows. The first students reading ability could be improved through the use of Jigsaw technique, before the research was done, the average score of the students’ reading ability was only 59.6, but after the research one for cycle 1, it improved to 65. In cycle 2, it increased up to 71.5. Next, there were also improvements of class situation in teaching learning process and it helps to improve students’ reading ability and more engaged in learning process.