The Development of English Reading Comprehension Through The Jigsaw Learning Technique of Matthayomsuksa 3 Students

Abstract

The purposes of this research were 1) English reading comprehension skill of Matthayomsuksa 3 students by using the jigsaw learning technique have passing the criteria of 70 percent over. 2) to compare students’ English reading comprehension ability before and after learning through the jigsaw learning technique of Matthayomsuksa 3 students.

The sample included 38 students in Matthayomsuksa 3 at Watraikhing Wittaya School in Samphran District, Nakhon Pathom Province. The research instruments consisted of a pre-test and a post-test, and 6 jigsaw reading lesson plans. Each lesson contained 6 periods taking 50 minutes per period. The descriptive statistics was applied for data analysis mean, standard deviation, and t-test.

The research result found that: 1) English reading comprehension skill of Matthayomsuksa 3 students after using the jigsaw learning technique have passing the criteria of 70 percent over. 2) The students’ English reading comprehension post-test mean scores after using the jigsaw learning technique were higher than pre-test mean scores at the .01 level of the statistical significance.