IMPLEMENTATION OF STAD TECHNIQUE BY USING ONLINE NEWSPAPER MEDIA IN IMPROVING STUDENTS READING ACHIEVEMENT

Comprehending reading material started from improving of students and finding the detail information of the text. Therefore, applying an interesting strategy is needed to improve the students ability to comprehend the reading material. Thus, this article is discussed about the implementation of STAD technique by using online newspaper media in improving students reading achievement. That was conducted at SMK Taman Siswa Medan in 2019. The population of this research was the XIIndgrade students which 30 students. This is conducted two cycles there were two meetings in the first is cycle I and the second meeting is cycle II. This is qualitative data showed that the mean score, in the Pre-test, the mean score was 32,67, in the first cycle test, the mean of students score was 58,67, and in the second cycle test, the mean score was 85, the students who got score more than 75 in cycle I was 3 students and the percentage was 10%, the students who got score more than 75 in cycle II was 30 students and the percentage was 100%. The qualitative data got from observation sheet of students activities and teachers performance in learning process. Based on the rusults from quantitative and qualitative data proved that STAD Technique by using online newspaper media in improving students reading achievement.