Improving Students’ Critical Thinking in Reading Comprehension through the implemental of PORPE (PREDICT, ORGANIZE, REHEARSE, PRACTICE, EVALUATE)

Abstract

This study dealt with the implement of PORPE to improve students’ critical thinking in reading comprehension. The objective of the study 1) to find out the improvement of the students’ critical thinking in reading comprehension through the implemental of PORPE strategy ?. 2) to find out the students’ reaction during the implemental of PORPE strategy in reading comprehension. This study was conducted at SMK N 1 Percut Sei Tuan in eleventh grade. The sample was taken by using purposive sampling technique. The number of sample were 26 students. The method of research applied classroom action research. It was applied to figure out the student’s activity during the implemental of PORPE strategy in reading comprehension and to figure out the improvement of the students’ critical thinking in reading comprehension by applying PORPE strategy. The instruments of this research were observation sheet and diary note and a reading comprehension test which consisted of 10 multiple choices. The researcher conducted two cycles in this research, there were three meetings in cycle 1 and 1 meeting in cycle 2. This research used quantitative and qualitative data. The quantitative data showed that the mean score in cycle 1 was 75, the mean score in cycle 2 was 86.15; the students who got score more than 70 in cycle 1 was 15 student and the percentage was 88.46%, the students who got score more than 70 in cycle 2 was 26 students and the percentage was 100%. The qualitative data got from observation sheet in every cycle showed that the improvement of teacher and students’ behavior. Based on the results from quantitative and qualitative data proved that PORPE strategy improved the students’ critical thinking in reading comprehension