Using 3-2-1 Strategy in Reading Comprehension to Improve Students' Involvement in Active Learning

The classroom action research of using 3-2-1 strategy aims to reveal the problem of students reading comprehension and their involvement in learning activities. Triangulation approach was administered as the technique of data analysis. The used of field note, student and teacher observation sheet, focus group interviews and student achievement test are instruments of data collection.Having conductedthree cycles of action research, the researcher found out that the improvement from cycle to cycle did not only occur to teaching practice but also to the students' involvement and the students' ability. 3-2-1 strategy facilitated students to be active learners to do inquiry and constructor of understanding the reading through teacher directed task and activities.Students did not only find information and engage their own interest and knowledge from the readingbut alsothey constructed their understandingby linking their current knowledge with their background knowledge