The aim of this research was to improve the students’ reading comprehension
by using PQ4R Strategy. The writer took 32 students as the subject of the
research.
The writer did collaboration with the English teacher in the class. The CAR
was carried out based on Kemis and McTaggart’s design. The writer took two
cycles with 2 actions in each cycle. Each cycle consisted of planning, acting,
observing, and reflecting. The writer applied both qualitative and quantitative
data. The qualitative data were taken from observation result of students’ activity.
The quantitative data were taken from students’ reading test result and the
questionnaire.
The result of this research showed that there was a significant improvement in
students’ reading comprehension after implementing the CAR using PQ4R
Strategy. The average score of the students in reading test was 5.66 in pre-test.
The average score of students improved 7.25 (28.09%) in Cycle 1 and improved
to 8.94 (57.95%) in Cycle 2. The average of students’ questionnaire that was filled
“Yes” was 86.24%. The average of each indicator of students’ observation was
64.67 in Cycle 1 and improved 91.11 (26.14%) in Cycle 2. Those data proved that
PQ4R Strategy could improve students’ reading comprehension.