The Effect Of Applying Critical Thinking Strategy On Students’ Achievement In Reading Comprehension

Abstract

This study deals with The effect of applying critical thinking strategy on students’ achievement in reading comprehension. The objective of the study was to investigate the effect of applying critical thinking strategy on students’ achievement in reading comprehension. The study applied the experimental research method. The population of this research was the second grade of MTs Al- Jam’iyatul Wasliyah Tembung at academic year 2017/2018. The total number of population (375 students) and sample (74 students), consisted of two classes. They are VII-1 and VII-4. The research class was devided into two classes, Experimental Class (38 students), Control Group (36 students) . The instrument of collecting data was written test of reading test whic h 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 (3.32) which was greater than t-table (1.99) with the significant level = 0.05 and the degree of freedom (df) = 72. The finding showe that the hypothesis of the study was accepted. It means that using Critical Thinking Strategy was significantly effected to the students’ reading comprehension achievement