The Effect of Using Advance Organizer Strategy on the Students’ Achievement in Reading Comprehension

Abstract

The objective of this research was to find out the effect of using Advance Organizer Strategy on the students‟ achievement in reading comprehension to VIII grade students of SMP Nurul Hasanah Medan Tembung. This research used the experimental research method. the population of this research was all the VIII grade students of SMP Nurul Hasanah Medan 2016/2017 academic year at Jalan Amal Bakti No. 69 B Tembung Kec. Percut Sei Tuan Medan who consist 44 students. All of the population was taken as sample which consist 44 students. This research applied total sampling method. Because this was an experimental research so the sample then was divided into two groups, 22 students in experimental group taught by using Advance Organizer Strategy and 22 students in control group taught by using lecturing method. the instrument used in this research was multiple choices with 20 questions. The data were analyzed by using t-test formula. The result showed that t-test was > t-table (13,4 > 1,681) or Ha is accepted and H0 is rejected. The hypothesis was accepted. It proves that Advance Organizer Strategy significantly effect to the students‟ achievement in reading comprehension.