Presentation of the Raw Data

did not join the pretest were not included as the sample. In other words, there were 28 students became the sample of the data. Referring to the classification of scores Chapter III, the scores of the pretest were as follows. Table 4.3 The Classification of The Pretest Scores Category Scores Number of students Percentage 1 Very good 9-10 1 3.6 2 Good 8 – 8.9 4 14.3 3 Sufficient 6.5 – 7.9 10 35.7 4 Bad 5.5 – 6.4 5 17.6 5 Very bad …. 5.5 8 28.6 From the data above, it is obviously seen that there were various kinds of the students’ scores. The score ranged from 10 to 90. It means that there was a very big gap. There was only one student or 3.6 from 28 students who was able to achieve very good predicate. In other words, there was only one student whose reading comprehension was good. Four students or 14.3 of the whole class got 8 – 8.9, which means that they achieved good predicate. Most students of the class achieved sufficient predicate. It was proved from the data that 10 students or 35.7 of the students got 6.5 – 7.9. Five students or 17.6 of the class were categorized in the lower part. They got score 5.5 – 6.4, which means bad predicate. There were 8 students stayed in the lowest part. Their scores were below 5.5. It means that 28.6 of 28 students were considered weak with very bad predicate. It showed that their ability in comprehending texts was still weak. Having known the data of the pretest result, which showed that very few students achieved good scores, the researcher wanted to see whether the treatment, which is the implementation of self-questioning strategy, could improve the students reading comprehension. It could be seen by the data got from the posttest result. If the scores of the posttest were higher than the scores of the pretest, it means that the treatment could bring positive effects to the students’ reading comprehension.

3. Data Presentation of Post-test

The posttest was conducted to gain the information about the students’ progress or achievement after they got the treatment. All students came on the day when the researcher gave the posttest. However, two of them did not join the pretest. As a result, their scores were not included to the data. Before the students did the posttest, the researcher gave a small review about steps in doing self-questioning strategy. The questions of the posttest and the scoring were the same as those of the pretest’s. There were 20 questions which consisted of 10 open-ended reading comprehension questions or short-answer questions and 10 multiple choices. As mentioned before, there were three reading passages with three different topics in the tests; family, jobs, and things in the house.