40 about the answer individually. The duration was still the same as the first meeting. It was
about 5-8 minutes. Then, the teacher asked the students to write their answer on their sheet. Afterwards, the teacher asked the students to stand up and put heads together. In this step, the
students shared and confirmed their final answer. However, the students did not allow to discuss it loudly. It was to avoid over hear with other groups. After that, the teacher called
out the number of the students randomly then asked the selected students to stand up and to be ready to answer the posed questions. When all the selected students were ready to answer,
the teacher asked them to state their answers. Then, the teacher guided the students to discuss the answer with the class.
In closure activity, the teacher asked the students about the problems that they faced during doing the open ended questions. And then, the teacher tried to guide the students to
make conclusion and parting about the material taught. There were 24 open ended questions in the exercise, and all of 30 students were involved in the teaching learning process.
4.1.2 The Result of Observation in Cycle 1
The classroom observation was conducted during the teaching learning process of reading comprehension by using Numbered Heads Together NHT technique. Observation
was used in order to know the students’ active participation during the teaching learning process of reading comprehension by using NHT technique in Cycle 1. At that time, the
observation was done in two meetings and all of them were carried out by the English teacher. The observation in the first meeting of Cycle 1 was carried out on Tuesday, March,
24
th
, 2015 at 10.15 - 11.45 a.m. Meanwhile, the observation in the second meeting of Cycle 1 was conducted on Friday, March 27
th
, 2015 at 07.15- 08.45 a.m. There were five indicators observed by using observation checklist, namely 1 reading the text, re-reading the text,
orand consulting dictionary actively, 2 writing the answer individually on the sheet appropriately, 3 putting heads together cooperatively, 4 standing up and ready to answer
the posed questions seriously, 5 stating the answer of the posed questions given by the teacher seriously. The students were categorized as active students if they fulfilled at least
three indicators. The purpose of the results of observation in Cycle one was to know the students
activeness during the teaching learning process in Cycle 1. The results of the students’ active participation are presented in the following table.
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Table 4.2 The Results of Observations in Cycle 1
No The
students’ initials
Meeting 1 Categories
Meeting 2 Categories
Indicators A
P Indicators
A P
1 2
3 4
5 1
2 3
4 5
1. AR
√ √
√ √
√ √
√ √
√ 2.
AFP √
√ √
√ √
√ √
√ √
3. AZR
√ √
√ √
√ √
4. AF
√ √
√ √
√ √
√ 5.
ARJ √
√ √
√ √
√ √
√ 6.
AS √
√ √
√ √
√ √
√ 7.
ATF √
√ √
√ √
√ √
8. DKP
√ √
√ √
√ √
9. EP
√ √
√ √
√ √
√ 10.
FM √
√ √
√ √
√ √
√ 11.
FA √
√ √
√ √
√ √
12. GF
√ √
√ √
√ √
√ 13.
H √
√ √
√ √
√ √
14. IWT
√ √
√ √
√ √
√ √
√ √
15. LAR
√ √
√ √
√ √
√ 16.
MN √
√ √
√ √
√ √
√ 17.
MADP √
√ √
√ √
√ 18.
MP √
√ √
√ √
√ √
√ 19.
MRA √
√ √
√ √
√ √
√ √
20. ML
√ √
√ √
√ √
√ 21.
MH √
√ √
√ √
√ √
√ √
√ 22.
MR √
√ √
√ √
√ √
√ 23.
MSTF √
√ √
√ √
√ √
24. NS
√ √
√ √
√ √
√ √
25. NRA
√ √
√ √
√ √
√ 26.
SA √
√ √
√ √
√ √
√ √
27. SP
√ √
√ √
√ √
√ √
28. SN
√ √
√ √
√ √
√ √
29. UBD
√ √
√ √
√ √
√ √
30. UDA
√ √
√ √
√ √
√ √
TOTAL 4
11 30
16 26
18 12
10 12
25 17
21 20
10 Meeting 1
Meeting 2 Percentage
60 -
66.7
-
Notes: A= active
P= passive Indicators:
1. Reading the text, re-reading the text, orand consulting dictionary actively. 2. Writing the answer individually on the sheet appropriately.
3. Putting heads together cooperatively. 4. Standing up and ready to answer the posed questions seriously.
5. Stating the answer of the posed questions given by the teacher seriously.
42 In meeting 1 and meeting 2 of Cycle one, there was not any student absent in the
class. All of them joined the teaching learning process by using NHT technique. The analysis of the observation result in Cycle 1 was to know the percentage of the students’ activeness in
joining the reading class through NHT technique. The formula:
Meeting 1
Active students = 100
= 60
Meeting 2
Active students = 100
= 66. 67 Notes :
A = the total number of the students who fulfill at least 3 indicators N = the total number of the students joining reading class by using NHT technique
Taken from Cohen, 2007:423
43 After finding out the percentage of the students’ active participation in each meeting
of Cycle 1, the calculation had to be continued to find out the average result of the students’ active participation. Its purpose was to know whether the required percentage that was 75
had been achieved or not. The calculation of the average result of the students’ active participation was presented in the following table.
Table 4.3 The Average Result of the Students’ active participation in Cycle 1
No. Meeting
Percentage of Active students
1. Meeting 1
60 2.
Meeting 2 66.67
Average 63.33
Based on Table 4.2 and Table 4.3 above, it could be seen that there were 18 students out of 30 students who were active joining reading class through NHT technique in the first
meeting. While there were 12 who did not categorized as active students. Therefore, the percentage of the students’ active participation in the first meeting was 60. Meanwhile,
there was an improvement happened in the second meeting. There were 20 students were categorized as active students, and there were 10 students were passive in reading class. The
percentage of the students’ active participation in the second meeting was 66.67. It can be said that there was an improvement of class VIII C students’ active participation from the
first meeting to the second meeting, although it did not achieve yet the required target percentage of the students’ active participation that was at least 75. Therefore, it needed
more improvement of the students’ active participation.
4.1.3 The Results of The Reading Comprehension Achievement Test in Cycle 1.
