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This research entitled “Improving Students’ Reading Comprehension Through SQ3R Technique”. This research has purpose to figure out the use of SQ3R strategy in improving students’ reading comprehension. The population of this research is students of SMA Negeri 1 Cipongkor including eleventh grade of IPS class and IPA class. The number of population is 60 students. The sample of this research is only one class that is IPS class consists 30 students. The quantitative research method is used in this research, and specifically the one group pre-test post-test design as research design. The instrument of this researches is pretest and posttest and the writers also use t-test formula for collecting data. The result of the research shows that tobs is 2.42, the ttable with degrees of freedom (df) 29 and level of significance at 0.05 was 1,69. Based on the data, the t-test result was 2.42, it was higher that t-table (2.42 > 1.69). It means the alternative hypothesis was accepted. According to the data analysis which is collected, it can be concluded that the test is reliable. And the research showed that teaching students’ reading comprehension using SQ3R technique is very useful. That is why, the SQ3R strategy is suitable in improving students’ reading comprehension.Keywords: Reading, Reading Comprehension, SQ3R Strategy

The study was a pre-test -post test experimental control group design having a goal to examine the role of SQ3R strategy and mathematics prior ability (MPA) on students’ mathematical communication ability (MCA) and self regulated learning (SRL). The study involved 68 seventh grade students, a mathematical communication test, a mathematical SRL scale, and a perception on SQ3R strategy scale. The study found that on MCA, its Gain, and on SRL students getting treatment by SQ3R strategy attained better grades than the grades of students taught by conventional teaching, but the grades of MCA were still at low level, and of SRL the grades were at medium level. The other findings, there was high association between MCA and SRL, and students performed high perception toward SQ3R strategy.

The problem raised in this research is due to lack of understanding and critical thinking of mathematics. In learning mathematics, learners often have difficulty in doing problems understanding and critical thinking mathematics. The learning process focuses on teachers instead of learning on the students. One of the learning models that teachers can do is the SQ3R model.This study aims to examine the picture of improving the ability of understanding and critical thinking of mathematics through learning model SQ3R and Direct Instruction in terms of learning motivation.This research is a quasi experimental research conducted at SMP IT Fithrah Insani in KBB. Two classes as a randomly selected sample. One class becomes experimental class gets SQ3R model treatment and one class becomes control class gets treated Direct Instruction model.The research stages begin with the making of instruments, the implementation of pretes, the implementation of learning, and postes. Done postes are given a motivation questionnaire that serves as a control variable. This pretest issue is shared by the researcher in the experimental and control classes to be performed by the students. After the problem is done, the students' work results are evaluated. After obtaining the pretest and posttest score in both classes, then calculated the gain to see the improvement result. Furthermore the gain data is processed, using SPSS 21 two-track anova test, to see the difference and interaction between the motivation level and the learning model. The result of data analysis shows that there is a difference of comprehension ability and critical mathematical thinking using SQ3R and Direct Instruction model but the level of motivation toward the learning model both on the ability of comprehension and the ability of thinking ability krits matematik. There is no interaction of motivation level and learning model.