Suggestion THE EFFECT OF THINK – PAIR – SHARE STRATEGY ON THE STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION.

CHAPTER V CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION

A. Conclusion

After analyzing the data, it is concluded that the using of Think – Pair – Share Strategy significantly affects the students’ achievement in reading comprehension, since the t-test t-table 5,8 2,00; df=58, α=0,05. The applying of Think – Pair – Share Strategy in teaching reading comprehension enables the students to explore their ideas with their own words by thinking and to remember the information of the text in long term memory. It means the null hypothesis Ho is rejected and alternative hypothesis Ha is accepted because there is significant effect of applying Think – Pair – Share Strategy on students’ reading comprehension.

B. Suggestion

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