Improving The Students Reading Comprehension by Applying Inductive Thinking Model Assisted by Media Poster as Teaching Media

Abstract

This study dealt with the application of Inductive Thinking Model assisted by Media Poster to improve student’s achievement in reading comprehension. This study was conducted at SMP Harapan Mekar Medan on Jalan Marelan Raya Medan in eight grade. The sample was taken by using purposive sampling technique. The number of sample were 34 students. The method of research applied classroom action research. It was applied to figure out the student’s activity during the application of Inductive Thinking Model assisted by Media Poster in reading comprehension and to figure out the improvement of the student’s achievement in reading comprehension by applying Inductive Thinking Model assisted by Media Poster. The instruments of this research were observation sheet 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 60.58, the mean score in cycle 2 was 86.76; the students who got score more than 70 in cycle 1 was 14 student and the percentage was 41.18%, the students who got score more than 70 in cycle 2 was 34 students and the percentage was 100%. The qualitative data got from observation sheet in every cycle showed that the improvement of teacher and students’ behaviour. Based on the results from quantitative and qualitative data proved that Inductive Thinking Model improved the students’ achievement in reading comprehension