The outcome of the study is the dependent variable, which is typically measured by a test or a measuring instrument that produces quantitative data.
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C. Operational Definition of Variable
1. Directed Reading Thinking Activity Technique
Directed Reading Thinking Activity is a teaching strategy that guides students in ma king predictions about a text and then reading to confirm or refute their predictions.
This strategy encourages students to be active and thoughtful readers, enhancing their comprehension.
2.
Students’ Recount Text Reading Comprehension
Recount text reading comprehension is the students‟ ability to get meaning of the text in the form of past event whose purpose is to inform or to entertain the readers by
giving a description of what happened and when it happened and comprehend the text in order that the students are able to answer the question and have good
understanding of main idea, inferences, grammatical features, detail, excluding facts not written, supporting ideas and vocabulary in context.
D. Population, Sample and Sampling Technique
1. Population
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Marguerite G. Lodico,
et. al
,
Methods in Educational Research From Theory to Practice
, San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2010 p. 229
According to Arikunto‟s statement population is the whole total number of research subject.
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The population of this research the eighth grade students of MTs Ma‟arif 20
East Lampung in 20152016 academic year.
Table 2 The Number of Students of the Eighth Grade of MTs Ma’afrif 20 East
Lampung in 20152016
NO Class
Gender Total
Male Female
1 2
3 4
VIII A VIII B
VIII C VIII D
15 8
16 15
18 22
14 15
28 27
28 30
Total 45
68 113
Source: MTs Ma’arif 20 East Lampung
2. Sample of Research
Sample is part of amount and characteristic which have by population.
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The writer took the students in two classes from four classes available as the sample of the
research. One class as Experimental Class and the other class as control class.
3. Sampling Technique
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Suharsimi Arikunto,
Dasar-Dasar Penelitian
Jakarta : Bumi Aksara 1998, p. 120.
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Sugiyono,
Metode Penelitian pendidikan,
Bandung : Alfabeta, 2012, p. 118.
