Abstract :
This research aimed to find out whether there was a significance effect of
using Story Pyramid Strategy on the students reading comprehension of recount
text. This research was conducted by using the quantitative research with quasi-
experimental design. The population of this study was the tenth grade students of
Madrasah Aliyah PM Darul Ihsan Hamparan Perak. The total number of
population was 144 students and the researcher took 37 students for experimental
class and 35 students for control class which means 72 students as total of the
sample. In collecting the data, the researcher used tests in the form of multiple
choices as the instrument. The tests were pre-test which was given before the
treatment and post-test which was given after the treatment. The researcher taught
by using Story Pyramid Strategy in the experimental class and for the control
class was taught without Story Pyramid Strategy. The result of the research was
significant with the average scores of experimental class were 55,94 for the pre-
test and 79,46 for the post-test, meanwhile the average scores for the control class
were 50,85 for the pre-test and 62,0 for the post-test. The result of the calculation
using t-test showed that t-observed was 8,23 and t-table for ?: 5% was 1,66. It
meant that t-observed was higher than t-table (6,83 ? 1,66). It could be concluded
that Story Pyramid Strategy has significant effect on the students? reading
comprehension of recount text at the tenth grade students of MA PM Darul Ihsan
Hamparan Perak.