interact with the text. Furthermore, students will have a deeper understanding of the text because they know what they need to find in the text. Therefore, they will
have a better comprehension about the text.
F. Research Hypothesis
Research hypothesis of this study is: students’ reading comprehension of narrative text that were taught by using Question Generation Strategy is higher
than students’ reading comprehension that were taught by using silent reading method.
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CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
This chapter presents the research methodology that is used in this study. It talks about research design, place and time of the research, population and
samples of the research, instrument of the data, data collection techniques, data analysis technique, and hypothesis of the research.
A. Method and Design of the Research
1. Research Method
In this research, the researcher used quantitative research method as the researcher would use the data which was in the form of numerical data and
statistical analysis data to analyze the data. The researcher used experimental design in order to find out whether or not the Question Generation Strategy affects
students’ reading comprehension of narrative text so an experiment was needed.
2. Research Design
A quasi-experimental design was used as the research design because the researcher did not randomly assign the participants as in true experimental but the
researcher would use the participants which have been formed initially as the class. According to Creswell, in the quasi-experimental study, the researcher
needs to use a whole which have been formed as classes to be the sample in the experiment and control group because the availability of the participants and the
setting which did not allow to form an artificial group.
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So, it was the best for the researcher to use quasi-experiment in this research. Therefore, the researcher
implemented Question Generation Strategy in the experimental class while students in control class taught using silent reading method.
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John W. Creswell, Planning, Conducting, and Evaluating Quantitative and Qualitative Research, Boston: Pearson Education, Inc., 2012 p. 309.
