make the students feels familiar with the function of recount text, the schematic features, and the language features. It makes the students also easy to recognize
about what the question in the recount text ask.
E. The Instrument and Technique of Data Collection of the Study
In this study, the writer uses a test to collect the data for the score of the students. In order words, the instrument in this study is test. The score that
will be used in this research is the pre-test and post-test score. The writer also uses observation and interview to the school and the teacher as the preliminary
study to get some information that is relevant in this research. 1. Test
The test that uses in this research is pre-test and post-test. The pre- test is distributed before the writer implements Student Teams-
Achievement Divisions STAD to the experimental class. The purpose of the pre-test is to measure and to find the average score of students’ reading
ability before the treatment. Meanwhile, the post-test is administered after the writer gives treatment to the students treatment using Student Teams-
Achievement Divisions STAD to the experimental class. The post-test is distributed to find out the growth of the students score. The growth is used
to decide whether the intervention in this study is successful. In this research, the test is multiple choices.
In this study, the writer makes 20 questions of multiple choices about recount text. The questions that are used in this research have to pass the
validity test. Validity of a test is a test in which the test should measures about what it have to measure and nothing else.
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In the validity test, the writer uses content validity test. Content validity test is a kind of test in
which the test should be developed based on the sample of a course; the test item and the objective of the course should be in line and clear.
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In this time, the writer compares all of the questions -20 questions- to the indicator
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J.B. Heaton, Writing English Language Tests, New York: Longman Inc., 1990, p. 159.
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Ibid.,p.160.
in the syllabus and lesson plan from the school. Then it shows that all of the questions is valid. Here are the some questions that pass the content validity
and the details of the test are provided in the appendix 2:
Table 3.3 Content Validity
Standar Kompetensi
Kompetensi Dasar
Kemam puan
Indikator Nomor Soal
5. Memahami makna teks
tulis fungsional
dan esei pendek
sederhana berbentuk
descriptive dan recount
yang berkaitan
dengan lingkungan
sekitar 5.3 Merespon
makna dan langkah
retorika dalam esei
pendek sederhana
secara akurat,
lancar dan berterima
yang berkaitan
dengan lingkunga
n sekitar dalam teks
berbentuk descriptive
dan recount
Mem baca
1. Mengidentifi kasi
berbagai informasi
dalam teks fungsional
pendek yang berbentuk
recount Text no 1
4. What are the writer and his
father’s hobby?
a. Camping b. Cooking
c. Fishing d. Playing
ball 5. Where did the
writer and his family set up
their tent?
a. Near the big tree
b. Near the river
c. At the
back of
the river d. Far away
from other
campers
