The Effect of Carousel Brainstorming Strategy and High Conscientiousness toward Students Reading Comprehension

Desy Andriani, Jufrizal, Refnaldi

Abstract: The aim of this study is to find out the effect of Carousel Brainstorming Strategy and students conscientiousness toward their reading comprehension of report text at eleventh grade of SMAN 1 Tandun, Rokan Hulu. The design of the research was quasi experimental research with factorial design 2x2. The samples were XI IPA 1 as experimental class and XI IPA 2 as control class. The samples were selected by using cluster random sampling. The instruments were reading comprehension test of report text and questionnaire of conscientiousness. These instruments were tried out first to another class which had similar capabilities to both experiment and control class. The data were analyzed by using T-test. The result of this research shows that Carousel Brainstorming Strategy produces higher result on students reading comprehension of report text for students with high conscientiousness compared to Small Group Discussion.

Keywords: Carousel Brainstorming Strategy, Conscientiousness, Reading Comprehension, Report Text