THE EFFECTIVENESS OF SNOWBALL THROWING TECHNIQUE IN TEACHING READING COMPREHENSION AT SMPN 6 TOLITOLI

Abstract

The effectiveness of employing snowball throwing to teach descriptive text in order to improve reading comprehension in ninth-grade students at SMPN 6 Tolitoli was discussed in this study. This study focuses on how well kids can read descriptive literature. This study aims to determine whether the snowball-throwing method of teaching reading comprehension to third-grade children at SMPN 6 Tolitoli is effective. The participants in this study are pupils in class IX at SMPN 6 Tolitoli. This investigation is an experimental investigation. This study was carried out in a single class. The snowball-throwing method was employed to teach descriptive text to the experimental class, and pre-and post-tests with the research instrument were used to gather data. The pre-test and post-test are typically distributed and have the same variance based on the findings of the normality test study. The paired sample test is another formula used to examine the data. This is done to see if there is a difference in the experimental class's overall average score. The statistics indicate that the experimental group's pre-test had an average value of 41.45. The experimental class's post-test score, on average, was 77.35. A sig. (2-tailed) value of 0.000 0.05 was achieved using the T-paired sample. There was a disparity between the post-test and pre-test average scores due to Ho being refused and Ha being accepted. In conclusion, the Snowball Throwing technique effectively teaches descriptive text in reading comprehension to ninth graders lX in the 2023/2024 academic year.