A Comparison of Directed Reading Thinking Activity (DRTA) and Survey, Question, Read, Recite, and Reviews (SQ3R) Strategy to Improve Reading Comprehension Achievement of Indonesian Junior High School Students

Abstract

The objectives of the research were to investigate whether there was a statistically significant difference of the students’ reading comprehension achievement after the implementation of DRTA strategy and SQ3R strategy. Furthermore, the approach used in this research was quantitative. The subjects were 32 students for DRTA group and 31 students for SQ3R group of Junior High school 9 Bandar Lampung. The reading tests were used as the research instrument. In addition, the data were analyzed by using Repeated Measure t-test. The result showed that there was a statically significant difference of students’ reading comprehension with the significant level 0.05. From the result, it is suggested that SQ3R strategy can facilitate students better to improve their achievement in reading comprehension. Keywords: reading comprehension, DRTA strategy,SQ3R strategy.