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reading because the teaching and learning process seems less interesting and cannot catch their attention. Nevertheless, it was not occurred to all students.
There are several students who like to learn English and have a good ability in comprehending reading text.
Since the class consists of heterogonous students, the teacher is needed to apply a cooperative learning method to facilitate students to be able to learn and to
discuss the material with their friend. Student Team Achievement Division STAD is one of the techniques from cooperative learning method. STAD
technique is based on the idea of having students work in cooperative learning teams to learn academic objectives. However, this technique emphasizes the use
of team goals and team success, which can only be achieved if all members of the team learn the objectives being taught. As a result, by applying STAD technique
the teacher are not too dominant in the class and students can be involved in cooperative and interesting activities. So the writer interested to research the
students‘ improvement in reading comprehension through Student Teams Achievement Division STAD technique at the third grade of Science Class at
SMA Fatahillah Jakarta.