THE IMPLEMENTATION OF MAKE A MATCH METHOD TO IMPROVE THE STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION OF DESCRIPTIVE TEXT AT THE SEVENTH GRADE OF UPT SMP NEGERI 4 PANCARIJANG

NUR AISYAH. 2024. The Implementation of Make a Match Method to improve the students’ reading comprehension of decriptive text at the seventh grade of UPT SMP NEGERI 4 Pancarijang. Suppervised by Patahuddin and Khadijah Maming.
Make a Match is a method of type cooperative learning for improving students'reading comprehension. The make a match method is effective for improving reading comprehension in class, because implementing make a match has several advantages, including that each student can be directly involved in answering the questions given to him. through cards and can increase students' activity abilities. Therefore, this research is aimed at finding out the implementation Make a Match method is able to improve the students' reading comprehension in descriptive texts at the seventh grade students in UPT SMP 4 Pancarijang.
This research is based on data applied by quasi-experimental method with one group pre-test and post-test design in this study. The population in the research wereseventh grade students’ of UPT SMP 4 Pancarijang. The sample used porposive sampling technique with two class as samples, in the experimental class consisting of 23 students and control class consist 24 students. The intrument of the research is pre-test and post-test and this research technique is data analysis with the use of microsoft excel.
The results of this research indicate that the implementation of the Make a Match method significantly improves the students reading comprehension of descriptive texts. The avarage score obtained in experimental class through the pre-test was
42,92 and the post-test was 73,54 students who received implementing through Make a Match method higher reading comprehension than those taught using Direct Method. This is supported by the hypothesis test obtained t table value of 1.71. Thus, because the calculated t-test of 7.10 > 1.71, the basic selection of decision making is H0 rejected and Ha accepted This study can be a valuable resource for
those conducting research implementation of Make-a Match Method to improve reading comprehension.