36 checklist results, questionnaire results, and individual test results. Furthermore,
the researcher would make the problem solutions for the next cycle.
8. Success of the Research
After the researcher collected and analyzed the data from the research, the researcher would measure the success of the research. The research was called
successful if the result of the research indicated the better changing in every cycle. It was called successful if there was development of better learning
activity since the students became active learners. Moreover, it was called successful if the students show their improvement in reading competence in
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CHAPTER IV
RESEARCH RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
In this chapter, the researcher presents the research result and the research discussion. The result and discussion are in a form of explanation of several steps
in the classroom action research. Furthermore, in this chapter, the researcher presents the answer from the research question with the evidence from the
research result. Before the researcher did the classroom action research, the researcher did
the preliminary study. The observation had done when the researcher did Praktik Pengalaman Lapangan PPL. Then, the researcher continued the preliminary
study by interviewing the English teacher. From the interview, the researcher found that in English class, especially in reading class, the students needed to be
more active. Besides, the students needed more learning activities. In this class, the students
‟ learning activities were listening, reading, and taking notes. As a result, the students were bored. Besides, they did something that was not related to
the lesson. They were drawing, talking, sleeping, and doing nothing. Furthermore, the students‟ reading competence was low. There was a possibility that made the
students got low reading competence. The possibility was the lack of learning activity in the learning and teaching process. It was because learning activity
affected students‟ outcomes. After doing the preliminary study, the researcher did every step of classroom action research.
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A. The Implementation of the Use of Jigsaw Method to Develop Better
