The learning English paragraph reading skills through constructivism approach using student worksheets media

This study used a quasi-experimental method using a treatment group and a control group. This study aims to describe: 1) the results of learning English paragraph reading skills through the scaffolding technique using question and answer-based student worksheets in the treatment group; 2) the results of learning English paragraph reading skills through scaffolding techniques using student worksheets without question and answer based in the control group; 3) the results of learning English paragraph reading skills are the same between the treatment group and the control group. This research was conducted at SMA Negeri 5 Jambi City. The research takes place in the even semester of the 2022/2023 academic year. The population of this study were 70 students of XII-IPA class at SMA Negeri 5 Jambi City. This number is divided into 35 students in class XII-IPA.1 and 35 students in class XII-IPA.2. The sample is set as many as 60 students; divided from 30 students of class XII-IPA.1 and 30 students of class XII-IPA.2 who were selected randomly using the no-return technique. This research uses student worksheets which are arranged using scaffolding technique in the context of explaining the material knowledge and skills of reading English paragraphs. To collect data on English paragraph reading skills through scaffolding techniques using question and answer based student worksheets, multiple choice test instruments were used. The test data were processed using parametric inferential statistical procedures, namely a one sample t test to achieve the first and second objectives and independent sample t tests to achieve the third objective. The results showed: 1) the results of learning English paragraph reading skills through the scaffolding technique using question and answer-based student worksheets in the treatment group obtained a mean of 15.341 or 85.23 percent; 2) the results of learning English paragraph reading skills through the scaffolding technique using student worksheets without being based on questions and answers in the control group obtained a mean of 15.133 or 84.07 percent; 3) there is no difference in the learning outcomes of English paragraph reading skills between the treatment group and the control group.