The Effect of Jigsaw II toward Learning Motivation and Reading Comprehension at the SEcond Grade of English Students in STKIP Dharma Bakti

Abstract

In teaching Reading, learning motivation and reading comprehension are essential. Ideally, after students learn Reading skills, both of their learning motivation and reading comprehension are better than before. In fact, the students still face some problems in comprehending the text. The problems are: they get low score of reading comprehension, they are lack of motivation, they are lack of vocabulary mastery, their reading comprehension is still low, and the lecturer always uses small group discussion method without any variation. The purpose of this research was to find out the effect of Jigsaw II on learning motivation and reading comprehension. This study was an experimental research. Population of this research was the second grade students of English Department of STKIP Dharma Bakti Lubuk Alung academic year 2010/2011 who was totally 133 students. The sample was selected by cluster random technique. The instruments were questionnaire of learning motivation and test to of reading comprehension. The data were analyzed manually by t-test formula. The result of this study were learning motivation of students who were taught by Jigsaw II was better than those who were taught by small group discussion and reading comprehension of students who were taught by Jigsaw II was better than those who were taught by small group discussion. It concluded that Jigsaw II produced better result on learning motivation and reading comprehension. It was implied that Jigsaw II could be used as method of teaching Reading for English students. Abstrak Motivasi belajar dan kemampuan membaca pemahaman sangat diperlukan dalam pengajaran Reading di perguruan tinggi. Kenyataannya, pengajaran Reading di kalangan mahasiswa masih menemui kendala, diantaranya nilai yang diperoleh dalam tes membaca pemahaman rendah, rendahnya motivasi belajar, rendahnya penguasaan kosakata serta kurangya variasi metode yang digunakan dosen dalam mengajar. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menguji apakah metode Jigsaw II memiliki pengaruh terhadap motivasi belajar dan kemampuan membaca pemahaman. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian eksperimen. Populasi penelitian ini adalah mahasiswa STKIP Dharma Bakti Lubuk Alung jurusan Bahasa Inggris tingkat dua tahun pelajaran 2010/2011 yang berjumlah 133 orang. Sampel diambil dengan menggunakan teknik klaster acak. Instrumen yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah angket untuk mengukur motivasi belajar dan tes untuk mengukur kemampuan membaca pemahaman. Data dalam penelitian ini dianalisis secara manual dengan rumus uji t. Hasil dari penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa motivasi belajar mahasiswa yang diajar menggunakan Jigsaw II lebih baik daripada motivasi belajar mahasiswa yang diajar menggunakan metode diskusi kelompok kecil dan membaca pemahaman mahasiswa yang diajar menggunakan Jigsaw II lebih baik daripada membaca pemahaman mahasiswa yang diajar menggunakan metode diskusi kelompok kecil. Jadi dapat disimpulkan bahwa metode Jigsaw II dapat