3.4 Operational Definition of the Key Terms
The operational definition of the terms was presented to avoid misunderstanding of the concept between the writer and the reader. The terms used in
this research is operationally defined as follows:
3.4.1 NHT Technique In this research, NHT Technique is the independent variable. The researcher
will use NHT Technique to teach reading to the eighth grade students of SMP Islam Gumukmas, Jember.
Numbered Heads Together NHT technique is one model of cooperative learning technique, which lets the students to cooperate with their groups to solve the
problem given by the teacher. The procedure of using NHT Technique starts from: 1 the teacher chooses the appropriate material for the students based on the
curriculum and the students’ ability. 2 the teacher divide the students into teams or groups of four or five. 3 the teacher has the students number off within groups, so
that each students has a number 1,2,3,4 andor five. 4 teacher poses a question. 5 students privately write the answers. 6
the teacher tells the students to “put the numbers to their heads
together” to make sure that everyone in the team know the answer. 7 students pay attention. 8 the teacher calls a number 1,2,3,4, andor 5,
and the students with that number can raise their hands to respond the answer of the question from the teacher. 9 classmates applause students who respons.
3.4.2 Reading Comprehension Achievement Reading comprehension achievement in this research is the dependent variable
that can be influenced by the independent variable, which is the NHT Technique. Reading comprehension achievement
refers to the students’ score of the reading comprehension test after the learning process complete. The experimental group is
taught by using NHT technique while the control group is taught using lecturing
method. The types of reading test are: comprehending words meaning, sentences meaning, paragraphs meaning and text meaning.
3.4.3 Recount Text The researcher used recount text as the focus of this research, because based on
the Curriculum 2013 for SMPMTs recount text is one of the texts that should be taught for the eighth grade students of Junior High School. Recount text is a text that
tells about an experience, events or something that happened in the past. The purpose of this text is to construct past experience by retelling events and incidents in the
order in which occurred. The generic structure of recount text is orientation, events and re-orientation.
3.5 Data Collection Method
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