IMPROVING STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION USING DIRECTED READING ACTIVITY STRATEGY (DRA)
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Action research, direct reading activity strategy, ; reading comprehensionAbstract
The purpose of this research is to improve students’ reading comprehension through Directed Reading Activity strategy. This research is action research, using mix method (qualitative and quantitative). The instruments used to collect the data were observation, documents, interviews and tests. This research was conducted at MAN I Metro, Lampung. This study took place from January to March 2013 in XI IPA with 35 sample. The study consisted of two cycles. Each cycle consisted of four stages: planning, action, observation, and reflection. The success criterion for this action study was 90% of students successfully got more than 80. The result from post-test cycle II showed that 94% of the total number of students successfully got more than 80, with average score 88, 77. The result of this study indicates that implementation of the Directed Reading Activity strategy can improve students' reading comprehension
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