Acuity : Journal of English Language Pedagogy, Literature and Culture
Vol. 1 No. 2 (2016): Acuity: Journal of English Language Pedagogy, Literature and Culture

Enhancing Students’ Reading Comprehension Ability Through Comparison Study Between Cooperative Learning Numbered Heads Together (NHT) and Thin-Pair-Share (TPS) Strategies

Prisilia L. Mokodompit (Universitas Advent Indonesia)

Article Info

Publish Date
01 Jan 2016

Abstract

This study attempts to find significance difference in enhancing students’ reading comprehension ability by comparing two teaching methods: Numbered Heads Together (NHT) and Think-Pair-Share (TPS). In this study, the respondents were students of Grade VIII from SMP Advent II, Setia Budi and students of Grade VIII from SMPN 1, parongpong. After careful detail of analysis, the result found is the average gain for Numbered Heads Together group is 0.2553 and Think-Pair-Share group is 0.5127. The p-value = 0.001 < α (0.05), which means there is a significant difference on the students’ ability in reading comprehension between those who are taught using Numbered Heads Together (NHT) method and those who are taught using Think-Pair-Share (TPS) method. Keywords: Numbered Heads Together, Think-Pair-Share, Reading Comprehension.

Copyrights © 2016




Citation Download
RIS
EndNote, Reference Manager, ProCite
BibTex
Latex, Jabref
Original Source
Download Original
Google Scholar
Check in Google Scholar
Journal Info
Acuity : Journal of English Language Pedagogy, Literature and Culture
Website

Abbrev

acuity

Publisher

Universitas Advent Indonesia

Subject

Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

Journal of English Language Pedagogy, Literature and Culture (Jelpedlic) is the research journal for the Teaching of English, Literature & Culture. It publishes research-based articles, reviews and poems, which reflect on every aspect of English teaching. The journal also considers new developments ...