Meningkatkan Pemahaman Membaca Siswa Kelas Delapan SMP Negeri 19 Palu Melalui Strategi Sticky Notes

The objective of this research is to find out whether or not Sticky Notes Strategy can improve reading comprehension of the eighth grade students of SMPN 19 Palu. The researcher used quasi experimental research design with 50 students
as the sample was selected by using purposive sampling technique. The sample
were grade VIII D as the experimental group and Grade VIII C as the control
group. Each groups consists of 25 students. The instrument of data collection was tests (pretest and posttest). The result of the data analysis shows the mean score of the experimental group significantly increased from 43.4 to 70.2.
Meanwhile, the mean score of the control group increased from 47.6 to 56.8. By applying degree of freedom (df) 48 and 0.05 level of significance, the researcher found that
the value of was 2.0126 which shows that the value of (4.03) is higher than the value of (2.0126). It means that Sticky Notes Strategy can improve the reading comprehension of the eighth grade students at SMP Negeri 19 Palu.
Keywords: Reading Comprehension, Sticky Notes