The Effects of “One Stays the Rest Stray” and “Lockstep” Techniques on the Enhancement of Students’reading Achievements

Abstract

This research was based on students' need in preliminary research which stated that most students (87%) need a new strategy in teaching and not all students have good achievements in reading texts (37.14%) in EFL classes. The writer used two-group, quasi-experimental, post test only design to investigate two techniques, i.e. "one stays the rest stray" and "lockstep" techniques, to increase students' achievements in EFL reading. Participants in this study included 61 college students who were taken as two intact groups. The result of statistical computations showed that the reading achievements of the experimental group increased and was significantly different from those of the control group. These students were able to have various competencies which might help keep students working on task, speaking orally, recalling the knowledge, summarizing the passage, and comprehending the text well and happily.Keywords: one stays the rest stray technique, lockstep technique, reading achievement, positive interdependence, individual accountability and interpersonal skills.Abstrak: Penelitian ini didasarkan pada hasil penelitian pendahuluan yang menyatakan bahwa kebanyakan pemelajar (87%) membutuhkan strategi baru dalam pengajaran dan tidak semua pemelajar mempunyai kemampuan yang bagus dalam membaca teks (37,14%) di kelas bahasa Inggris sebagai bahasa asing. Penulis menggunakan desain dua grup, kuasi-eksperimental dan post test untuk mengidentifikasi tehnik "one stays the rest strays" dan "lockstep" dalam meningkatkan kemampuan membaca pemelajar di kelas bahasa Inggris sebagai sebagai bahasa asing. Partisipan studi ini adalah 61 mahasiswa yang dibagi menjadi dua grup utuh. Hasil dari perhitungan statistika menunjukkan bahwa kemampuan membaca grup eksperimen meningkat dan berbeda secara signifikan dari grup kontrol. Para pemelajar ini mampu mendapatkan kompetensikompetensi yang mungkin dapat membantu dalam mengerjakan tugas, 1 Tjahjaning Tingastuti Surjosuseno earned her doctoral degree of education from CQU-Australia. She is a lecturer in the Faculty of Teacher Training and Education at Widya Mandala Catholic University Surabaya, Indonesia. Her research interests include language skills, TEFL, as well as Curriculum and Material Development. Tjahjaning Tingastuti SurjosusenoThe effects of "one stays the rest stray" and "lockstep" techniques on the enhancement of students'reading achievements 130 berkomunikasi secara lisan, mengingat kembali informasi, merangkum bacaan, dan memahami bacaan dengan baik.Kata kunci: one stays the rest stray technique, lockstep technique, reading achievement, positive interdependence, individual accountability and interpersonal skills.In Indonesia, many institutions of Teacher Training and Education are now developing competence-based curricula which are suited to the needs of the institutions. These institutionbased curricula are locally called "Kurikulum Tingkat Satuan Pendidikan" and abbreviated as the KTSP. These curricula are aimed at equipping graduates with sufficient knowledge...

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