ENHANCING STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION ACHIEVEMENT ON REPORT TEXT THROUGH STUDENTS TEAM ACHIEVEMENT DIVISIONS (STAD) METHOD

The aims of the study are to know if STAD method is effective to enhance students’ reading comprehension achievement on report text and also to know if the students like being taught in reading on report text through STAD method of first grade student of SMA KP 3 PASEH. The sample of the research is 30 students of MIPA 2. The instruments are pre-test, post-test and questionnaire. The questionnaire is distributed to get students opinion of the use of STAD method in teaching reading on report text. It has ten questions that they need to answer. The result of the research after calculating t-test, the t-observe is bigger than t-table. As the derived t=3.016 exceeds the table critical value of t=2.045, at P=.05 with df=N-1=30-1=29 (3.016 > 2.045). Therefore, the alternative hypothesis (Ha) is accepted and the Null hypothesis (Ho) is rejected. It means that STAD method is effective to enhance students’ reading comprehension achievement on report text. Besides that, from the result of the questionnaire, the researcher can conclude that the students’ response toward Students Team Achievement Divisions (STAD) method in learning reading on report text is positive. It means that the students like being taught in reading on report text through STAD method. It also means that students can enhance their skill on reading especially in teaching reading on report text through Students Team Achievement Divisions (STAD) method.Keywords: reading, Students Team Achievement Divisions (STAD) method, report tex