Exploring the Emerging Domain of Research on Media for Teaching Learning Process: A Case on Improving Reading Comprehension Skills

Abstract

This study examined the effectiveness of Graphic Organizers as a strategy for teaching reading comprehension. This study aimed to determine whether there was a significant improvement in the analytical reading comprehension scores of eleventh-grade students at SMA Negeri 1 Pematangsiantar before and after implementing the Graphic Organizers strategy. Additionally, this study sought to establish whether there was a notable difference in analytical reading comprehension scores between students taught using Graphic Organizers and those who did not. This research employed a quasi-experimental design with a sample of 60 students. The sample was divided into two groups of 30 students each: class XI IPA 3 served as the control group, whereas class XI IPA 4 was the experimental group. Data collection involved administering a reading comprehension test twice to both groups: once as a pre-test and once as a post-test. The results showed that the experimental group's post-test mean score was 78, 16, while the control group's post-test mean score was 68, 83. The researcher found that the T-test values exceeded the T-table value (2, 48 > 1. 672) at a 5% significance level. These findings indicated a significant effect of using Graphic Organizers in teaching reading comprehension. This study concludes that employing Graphic Organizers to teach analytical exposition text reading has a substantial impact on students' reading comprehension scores.