The Effectiveness of Using Jigsaw Technique to Develop Students� Reading Comprehension on Narrative Text: A Quasi Experimental Study at the Eleventh Grade Students of SMA Negeri 63 Jakarta Selatan in Academic Year 2013/2014

The purpose of this study is to get the empirical evidence of the effectiveness of using jigsaw technique towards students� reading comprehension on narrative text. This study was held in March 2014 at SMA Negeri 63. The method used in this study was quantitative method in the design of quasi experimental study. The sampling technique used in this study was cluster sampling. Two classes were taken as the subjects of this study namely experimental class and controlled class. The data got from both experimental class and controlled class were analyzed by using T-test formula. The result of calculation showed that in the significance degree of 5%, the value of t-test (to) > t-table (tt) (17.1 > 1.991). According to the criteria of the test, the result showed that there is a significant difference between students� achievement in reading comprehension of narrative text by using jigsaw technique and without jigsaw technique. It means that jigsaw technique is effective and applicable at the eleventh grade students of social science class at SMA Negeri 63 towards students� reading comprehension on narrative text