The Development of Reading Comprehension Skill on the Important Events in the al-Khulafa’ al-Rashidin Period by Using SQ4R Teaching Method for Primary School Students, Year 6

Abstract

The objectives of this research were
1) to determine the effectiveness of the SQ4R Teaching Method for al-Tarikh subject.
2) to develop reading comprehension skills using the SQ4R format, the al-Tarikh subject for primary school students, year 6 using the 80/80 criteria
3) to compare the learning outcomes of students before and after studying from the SQ4R Teaching Method for al-Tarikh subject for primary school students, year 6. 4) to study the students’ satisfaction towards the SQ4R learning management in al-Tarikh subject. The target populations used in this research were 20 primary school students, year 6 of Ban Tabing School, Saiburi district, Pattani province, obtained by purposive sampling. The research instruments consisted of 1) 8 Teaching Method SQ4R 2) reading comprehension skills using the SQ4R format 30 items 3) 30 items of pre-test and post-test learning achievement. 4) Students’ satisfaction assessment form with SQ4R learning management. The statistics used to analyze the data are accuracy difficulty classification of powers confidence, mean, standard deviation and t-test. The results showed that 1) The efficiency of the SQ4R Teaching Method was effective according to the criteria 80/80 at 83.88/85.33 2) Reading comprehension skills using the SQ4R Teaching Method by the criteria 80 percent was 87.67 3) The students’ learning outcomes after studying with the SQ4R Teaching Method were higher than before studying from average at (24.80 > 15.30), with a statistically significant difference at the 0.05 level 4) The students' satisfaction with the SQ4R Teaching Method was at a high level (x̄ = 4.25, S.D.=0.29)