4.3 The Result of Homogeneity Test
The homogeneity test took two days to conduct for the 4 classes of grade 8. The homogeneity test was held on 25 26 March 2015 which followed the
schedule of the English subject for the eighth grade classes because the researcher had been permitted by the teachers to conduct the homogeneity test in their
classes only at that time. This test was administered to know whether or not the characteristics of the eighth grade classes were homogenous. The result of the
homogeneity test was analyzed by using ANOVA SPSS. Table 4.3 ANOVA
Anova Sum
of Squares
Df Mean
Square F
Sig. Between
Groups Combined
170.756 3
56.919 1.044 .377
Unweighted 3.666
1 3.666
.067 .796
Weighted 4.215
1 4.215
.077 .782
Deviation 166.540
2 83.270 1.527
.222 Within Groups
5342.617 98
54.516 Total
5513.373 101
Based on the table above, the “fo” the result of ANOVA was
0,377 and the value of F table with the level of significance 5 was 1,044. The result of fo
was lower than F table. It means that the condition of the eighth grade classes of SMP Negeri 2 Arjasa Situbondo was homogenous or there was no significant
mean difference among the eighth grade classes. Therefore, lottery was done randomly by the researcher to determine the research samples and two research
groups as experimental group and control group. Therefore, VIII A as the Experimental Group and VIII B as the control group. appendix B
4.4 The Description of the Research Treatment
The treatment was given to the experimental group which was teaching reading comprehension by using SQ3R Strategy. While, the control group was not
given treatment in teaching reading comprehension but using Question-Answer strategy only as usually conducted by the English teacher. The procedures of the
treatment were explained in the lesson plan enclosed appendix J and K, while the schedule of administering the treatment could be seen in Table 4.4. The
treatment was given two times to the experimental group during this research. The researcher was the teacher of both groups.
Table 4.4 The Schedule of Administering the Treatment
No. Treatment in Experimental Group
Activity in Control Group
1 Meeting 1
02 April 2015 Activity 1
02 April 2015 2
Meeting 2 04 April 2015
Activity 2 06 April 2015
4.5 The Analysis of the Try out Scores
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