A Comparative Study of Students’ Reading Comprehension Achievement Between Students’ Who are Taught Through Numbered Heads Together Technique and Those Through Predictive Reading Technique

Abstract

This study focused to know which one is better achievement in reading comprehension students who are taught by Numbered Heads Togeher Technique or students who are taught by Predictive Reading Technique.The instrument of collecting the data was multiple choice which consisted of 50 items. This research was done in SMK N 1 Medan academic year 2018. The population of this research was the second grade of SMK N 1 Medan. The sample of this research was class XI UPW 1, which consisted of 30 students. The technique for the data analysis is descriptive qualitative research. In analyzing the data, the result that as much as 19 students’ obtained highest score taught using Predictive Reading Technique compared the students’ who were taught using Numbered Heads Together. It is suggested that the teachers should apply this technique as one technique to improve students in reading comprehension.