A Comparative Study on the Effect of Using Predict, Organize, Search, Summarize, Evaluate (POSSE) and Predict, Locate, Add, Note (PLAN) Strategies on Students’ Reading Comprehension at SMA Smart Indonesia Pekanbaru

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The purpose of the present study was to investigate the comparison
between Predict, Organize, Search, Summary, and Evaluate (POSSE) and Predict,
Locate, Add, and Note (PLAN) strategies on students’ reading comprehension. It
was done based on comparative experimental design which focused on the
quantitative research group. Two groups were taken as experimental groups and a
group as the comparison group. The sample consisted of 65 students that were
taken from 10
th
grade classes in the second semester at SMA Smart Indonesia
Pekanbaru which comprised of 22 students from X.1 class for experimental group
1 (POSSE strategy), 22 students from X.2 class for experimental group 2 (PLAN
strategy), and 21 students from X.3 class for the untreated control group.
Observation sheets and reading comprehension tests were used in the study. There
were 25 items of multiple choice questions used for the pre-test and post-test. To
analyze the data, independent sample t-test and paired sample t-test were
calculated by using SPSS 20 with a significant probability of Ho was accepted if
P<0.05 or there was no significant effect after giving the treatments, Ha was
accepted if P>0.05 or there was no significant effect after giving the treatments.
POSSE got the effect size or eta-squared as follows: Eta-squared = 0.83x 100% =
83%. PLAN Strategy got the effect size or eta-squared as follows: Eta-squared =
0.74 x 100% = 74%. The highest effect was from POSSE, but the two classes did
not differ significantly. Therefore, the two strategies could improve the students’
reading comprehension. Finally, it can be concluded that the POSSE and PLAN
strategies could be applied for teaching reading comprehension at the school.

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