Effectivity Photo Story Media Usage In Direct Reading Thinking Activity Methods Towards Ability Understanding Stories Skills of Elementary School Students

Abstract

This research is motivated by the importance of reading and understanding a reading for elementary school students. The lack of interest in reading and the difficulty in understanding reading effectively in primary school students in Indonesia has an impact on the quality and resources of the community. Specifically, this study aims to determine the effectiveness of the use of photo story media in the method DRTA (Directed Reading Thinking Activity) in improving the ability to understand stories in fifth grade students of SD Negeri 1 Cengal, Japara District, Kuningan Regency. The subjects of this study were 32 grade V students. This research uses a quantitative approach, the method quasi-experimental and the design chosen is "design one group pretest-posttest. Data collection techniques through tests, interviews, observation and documentation. The results of the study show that the pattern of learning to read a story is quite good as seen from the data posttest that has fulfilled the KKM, the ability to understand stories in fifth grade students of SD Negeri 1 Cengal before and after using photo story media and the method DRTA has changed, seen from the analysis and processing data pretest and posttest, and the process of learning to read and understand stories has been effectively used in fifth grade students of SD Negeri 1 Cengal.