THE EFFECTIVENESS OF STUDENT-TEAMS ACHIEVEMENT DIVISIONS (STAD) METHOD IN TEACHING READING OF EIGHT GRADE STUDENTS OF SMP MUHAMMADIYAH 1 YOGYAKARTA ACADEMIC YEAR 2016/2017

This research aimed to know the effectiveness of the use Student-Teams Achievement Divisions (STAD) method in teaching reading of eight grade student of SMP Muhammadiyah 1 Yogyakarta. Student-Teams Achievement Divisions (STAD) method is a method that provides more opportunities for students to discuss to their group freely. STAD method also extends student’s reading comprehension through reading task with their group. This research was quasi experiment and technique of sampling used simple random sampling. The population of the research was students of VIII class in SMP Muhammadiyah 1 Yogyakarta academic year 2016/2017. There were 2 classes that used in this research i.e. VIII D as control class and VIII C as experiment class. The research instruments used observation sheet, test of reading comprehension and documentation. Normality test results showed that the data has normal distribution. The test results indicated that the homogeneity of the research was not homogeneous. Then, the data were analyzed using t-test with 5% significance level. The result of the research shows that students who were taught by using STAD method have average of posttest score was 81, 63 and who were taught without STAD method was 78, 3. The t-test was 4, 16 and t-table was 2, 03. The data shows that t-test was higher than t-table. It means that there was significant difference between the experimental class and control class. From the data, it can be concluded that the use of STAD method in teaching reading was more effective compared with student who were not taught using STAD method