The Effect of Applying Panel Discussion on the Students’ Achievment in Reading Comprehension

Abstract

The objective of the study was to investigate the effect of Applying Panel Discussion on the students’ Acievment in reading comprehension. The study was designed in experimental research. The population of this study was the 2016/2017 grade VIII students of SMP Muhammadiyah 48 Medan. The total number of population of the study was 60 students which consist of 2 classes. The sample of the research was 60 students. The sample classes were divided into two groups, namely the experimental group that was taught by applying Panel Discussion Technique, and the control group that was taught by applying conventional method. The instrument for collecting data used objective test. The data were taken by administering the pre-test and post-test to both of experimental and control groups. The test was taken and selected from the National Examination test items that were related to the kind of narrative text. So, the validity and reliability of the test items were considered valid and reliable. The data were statistically analyzed by using t-test formula at the level of significance α (0.05) = 1.671 with the degree of freedom (df) = 60. It was found that the tobserved was higher than t-table (t-observed= 2.29> t-table = 1.671; α = 0.05). It means that Panel Discussion Technique significantly affect the students’ achievement in reading comprehension