THE CORRELATION BETWEEN CLASSROOM CLIMATE AND READING ACHIEVEMENT OF THE EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS OF SMP NEGERI 3 PALEMBANG.[SKRIPSI]

This study investigated the correlation between classroom climate and reading achievement, and explored the influence of classroom climate and reading achievement use of the eighth grade students of SMP Negeri 3 Palembang. A total of 57 students participated and selected by convenience sampling. In order to collect the data, Contructivist Learning Environment Survey (CLES) and reading test were used. Descriptive stastistic, Pearson product moment correlation and regression anlaysis were employed to analyze the data. Based on the data analysis, it was found that r (.175) < rtable (.260) with significant which was higher than 0.05. Thus, it indicated that there was no significant correlation between classroom climate and reading achievement use. Because of that finding, there was no need to conduct regression analysis to check the influence of classroom climate and reading achievement use. Moreover, it can be assumed that the higher this classroom climate possessed by the students the better the result of reading achievement and it means that the students who have good understanding and use their classroom climate effectively will have good achievement in reading and the students with bad understanding and using their classroom climate ineffectively will have bad achievement in reading