developed by Koider Mohtari and Carla Reichard consists of 30 question related to reading strategy. To determine the level of reading strategy, the writer use the
MARSI score level. There are three levels score which are: 3.5 or higher means reading strategy
2.5-3.4 means medium Reading Strategy 2.4 or lower means low reading strategy
To know the level of the students, the writer has to find the average score of the questionnaire result of the experiment class. If there is an improvement of the mean
of the result, it indicates Think-Aloud enhance the students‟ awareness of their
reading strategy.
CHAPTER IV RESEARCH FINDING
A. Description of the Data
As having mention in the chapter three, the data for the research is obtained from two classes namely control and experiment class. The data is obtained from the
pre and post test result from both classes. The obtained data is processed using a SPSS Statistical Product and Service Solution software. The detail of the data
processing will be explained below.
1. Data Presentation
In this research, the researcher used a quasi-experimental research to ascertain the effectiveness of using Think-Aloud toward
students‟ reading achievement at SMK 57 Jagakarsa in academic year 20152016. There are three steps used in this research
which are pre-test, treatment using Think-Aloud and post-test. The score obtained from the tests are shown below:
Table 4.1 Descriptive Statistics of S tudents’ Pre-test Result
Statistics Class
Control Experiment
Number of Students n 35
35 Maximum X
max
70 70
Minimum X
min
28 34
Mean 47.37
52.54 Median
46 55
Mode 43
55 Variances
102.417 117.608
Standard Deviance 10.120
10.845
33
The data on the table shows that the lowest score achieved by control class on pretest is 28, it means from the 30 question given on the test, the students only correctly
answered the question as many as 6 questions. The highest score achieved from this class group is 70, means that the students has 20 correct answers on the tests. From
35 students, most of them achieved score of 43. It is shown by the mode score from the table is 43
Meanwhile, the experiment class achieved a slightly higher score on pretest. The minimum score is 34 which means that students answered 8 out of 30 questions
correctly. In the maximum score, the experiment class achieved the same scores as the control class did, that is 70. The mode score is 55, which is higher than the control
class.
Table 4.2 Descriptive Statistics of Students’ Post-test Result
The result taken from the post-test shows that there is a difference score for both classes. In the control class, the lowest score on post-test is 34 and
highest score achieved by this class is 76. The experiment class also achieved a higher score on their post-
test‟s score. The lowest score in this class is 37 and then the highest score achieved is 79 which means the students did 23 questions correctly.
Statistics Class
Control Experiment
Number of Students n 35
35 Maximum X
max
76 79
Minimum X
min
34 37
Mean 54.60
62.68 Median
52.00 64
Mode 43
64 Variances
113.659 97.597
Standard Deviance 11.561
9.789
Picture 4. 1 The chart bar of students pre-test result from the control class
Picture 4. 2 The chart bar of students pre-test result from experiment class
