The Effect of Applying Read Cover Remember Retell (RCRR) Strategy on Students’ Achievement in Reading Comprehension

Abstract

The objective of this study was to investigate the significant effect of applying Read Cover Remember Retell (RCRR) strategy on students’ achievement in reading comprehension. This study applied the experimental research referring to true-experimental research design. It was conducted at SMP Muhammadiyah 47 Sunggal with the population was the ninth grade students at academic year 2019/2020. The ninth grade consist of four classes amounting to 150 students. The sample of the study was taken by using simple random sampling technique namely class IX-1 as the axperimental class and IX-2 as control one. The instrument used of collecting data was reading test in form multiple choice test about narrative text, and it was analized by using t-test formula. After calculating the pre-test and post-test scores of the experimental group, it was found that in this study was higher than the t-table. It had been seen from > (6.25 > 2.035) with the level significant 0.05 and DF = 33. From the result above, it showed that the alternative hypothesis (Ha) was accepted and null hypothesis (Ho) was rejected. It means that applying of Read Cover Remember Retell (RCRR) Strategy affect on students’ achievement in reading comprehension especially in narrative text.