Abstract:
This research is aimed to investigate the effectiveness of using team
assisted individualization (TAI) by using Flashcard as media in improving
students’ reading achievement and this reseach was applied classroom action
research. The research was conducted in two cycles at X grade students of MAM
1 Medan from january 29th to february 17th 2018. There are two kinds of data:
qualitative and quantitative data. The qualitative data were collected by using
observation sheet and document. Then, quantitative data were collected by using
test (pre-test and post-test). The research finding showed that there were the
effectiveness of using team assisted individualization (TAI) by using Flashcard as
media in improving students’ reading achievement. The improvement of students’
reading achievement can be seen from the improvement of the mean score of pretest,
first
post-test
and
second
post
test,
that
is
59.81,
69.81
and
82,03.
The
improvement
of
the
classroom
activity
during
teaching
and
learning
proses
can
seen
from
passive
into
more
active
when
the
students
got
more
intrested
in
learning
because
of
the
strategy
that
teacher
used
when
teaching