THE DEVELOPMENT OF LEARNING ACHIEVEMENT IN READING COMPREHENSION OF GRADE EIGHT STUDENTS USING CONCEPT MAPPING

Abstract

The objectives of the research article, the development of learning achievement in reading comprehension of the grade eight students using Concept Mapping, were to compare the development of reading comprehension achievement of the grade eight students before and after using Concept Mapping; and to study the satisfaction of the grade eight students taught by Concept Mapping. The sample selected was 16 grade eight students from a classroom, collected using Cluster Random Sampling. The research instruments used consisted of 1) a lesson plan using Concept Mapping, 2) a learning achievement test and 3) a questionnaire on the student satisfaction towards the leaning management. The data were analyzed using data analysis for the purpose of the research. According to the first objective, t-test for dependent samples was used while mean and standard deviation were used for finding the results of the second objective. The results revealed that the learning achievement of the grade eight students after learning through Concept Mapping was higher than the learning achievement prior to learning through Concept Mapping with statistical significance at the .05 level. Moreover, the results showed that the grade eight students were satisfied with learning through Concept Mapping at high level