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

Abstract

This study deals with the effect of using visualization strategy on the students’ achievement in reading comprehension. The objective of the study was to investigate the effect of using visualization strategy on the students’ achievement in reading comprehension. The study applied the experimental research method. The population of this research was the second grade of MTs Babul Ulum Medan at academic year 2017/2018. The total number of population and sample were 71 students, consisted of two classes. They are VIII-1, VIII-2. The research class was devided into two classes, Experimental Class (36 students) and Control Class (35 students). The instrument of collecting data was written test of reading test which was administrated to the students. The multiple choice test was made by the teacher. The data were analyzed by using t-test formula. After analyzing the data, it was found that t-observed (5.8) which was greater than t-table (1.8) with the significant level ɑ = 0.05 and the degree of freedom (df) = 69. The finding showed that the hypothesis of the study was accepted. It means that using Visualization Strategy was significantly effective to the students’ achievement in reading comprehension.