Increasing Students’ Reading Motivation and Reading Comprehension through Problem Based Learning (PBL) Model to the Eighth Grade Students of SMPN 5 Jirak Jaya: A Classroom Action Research

Tuti Handayani; Tahrun Tahrun; Masagus Firdaus

Authors

Tuti Handayani Universitas PGRI Palembang Author
Tahrun Tahrun Universitas PGRI Palembang Author
Masagus Firdaus Universitas PGRI Palembang Author

Keywords:

Students, Reading Motivation, Reading Comprehension, Problem Based Learning (PBL) Model, Classroom Action Research (CAR)

Abstract

Reading motivation and reading comprehension are key skills that are not only important for academic achievement, but also for students’ intellectual and personal development. However, there are still many students who experience a low reading motivation and interest in reading activities so this affects students’ comprehension in reading. The objective of this study was to find out how the Problem Based Learning (PBL) model could increase students’ reading motivation and reading comprehension of the eighth grade students of SMPN 5 Jirak Jaya in the academic year 2023/2024. This research used a Classroom Action Research (CAR) with three cycles. The researcher took 23 students from class VIII in SMPN 5 Jirak Jaya. There were two types of data that would be collected in this research. The first was data on students’ reading motivation was obtained from observations, and the second was data on students’ reading comprehension was obtained from student scores. In analyzing the data, the researcher had quantitative and qualitative data. The result in this research showed: 1) the percentage of students who got passing grade in Cycle 1 was 13%, it concluded that the students’ reading test was unsatisfied yet, and the test is classified as unsuccessful; 2) the percentage of the students who got criteria minimal of completeness in Cycle 2 was 43%, it could be concluded that the number of students who increase in reading motivation and reading comprehension had not reached the criteria of success yet; and 3) the percentage of the students who got the criteria minimum of completeness in Cycle 3 was 87%, it means that the criteria of success can be reached through PBL model. So, based on the result above, it is concluded that the PBL model can increase students’ reading motivation and reading comprehension to the eighth grade students of SMPN 5 Jirak Jaya.

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