THE EFFECT OF SCAFFOLDING STRATEGY ON STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION OF THE EIGHT GRADE AT JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL 36 MERANGIN

The aims of this research is to find out the effect of scaffolding strategy on students‘ reading comprehension of the eight grade at Junior High School 36 Merangin. This research was quantitative research and it was conducted by using quasy-experimental design with nonequivalent control group design which two classes as Experimental Class and Control Class. The population of this research was the eighth grade students of Junior High School 36 Merangin. The sample of this research was 58 students and this research was 29 students in experimental class and 29 students in control class. The result of independent sample t-test with significant 0,05 showed that tvalue(2,20) ≥ ttable (2,04). It can be concluded that there was a significant effect of using Scaffolding strategy as a treatment in the experimental class on students‘ reading comprehension in descriptive and Narrative text. From the description above mean score of post-test in experimental class which given treatment by using Scaffolding strategy had higher score compared with control class was using conventional strategy or tradition method while reading comprehension process