PENINGKATAN KEMAMPUAN MEMBACA PEMAHAMAN DENGAN STRATEGI QUESTION ANSWER RELATIONSHIPS (QAR) PADA SISWA KELAS V SEKOLAH DASAR

Abstract

The
background of this study was the low of student’s reading comprehension
skill when answering questions, as well as retelling and summarizing the
content of a text. This study was to improve the student’s reading
comprehension skill through QAR strategy as well as the teacher’s
performance. The research methodology used in this study is Classroom
Actions Research which conducted in three cycles. The result of this study
shows that the average score of reading comprehension has increased. The
average score was increased from 57 to 70,20 in the cycle I, going up to 75,17
in cycle II, and become 84,83 in cycle III. The application of QAR strategy
with direct instruction from the teacher gives a positive effect, specifically, the
students are active to do the pre-reading, reading and post-reading as well as
motivated to think hard by responding to the questions used in the QAR
strategy. Thereby, the elementary school teachers are suggested to use the
QAR strategy as one of the solutions in improving reading comprehension
skill.