THE CORRELATION BETWEEN STUDENTS CRITICAL THINKING AND THEIR READING COMPREHENSION ABILITY

Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk menemukan apakah ada hubungan yang signifikan antara berpikir kritis siswa dan kemampuan pemahaman membaca. Desain penelitian ini kuantitatif menggunakan ex post facto design. Populasi dari penelitian ini adalah siswa kelas tiga di SMPN 3 Natar Lampung Selatan tahun pelajaran 2014/2015. Peneliti menggunakan sampel penelitian sebanyak 35 siswa. Instrumen yang digunakan adalah tes berpikir kritis dan tes membaca. Data yang terkumpul dianalisis menggunakan Pearson Product Moment Correlation. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa nilai r dari siswa berpikir kritis dan tes kemampuan pemahaman membaca adalah 0.746. Dapat disimpulkan bahwa ada hubungan yang signifikan antara berpikir kritis siswa dan kemampuan pemahaman membaca.The objective of this study was to find out whether there was significant correlation between students critical thinking and their reading comprehension ability. This was quantitative research applying ex-post facto design. The population of this study was the third grade students of SMPN 3 Natar South Lampung in 2014/2015 academic year. The sample consisted of 35 students. The instrument of this research was critical thinking test and reading test. The data collected were analyzed by using Pearson Product Moment Correlation. The result showed that r of students critical thinking and reading comprehension ability test was 0.746. Therefore, it can be concluded that there was significant correlation between students critical thinking and their reading comprehension ability.Keywords: correlation, critical thinking, reading comprehensio