THE EFFECT OF READING COMPREHENSION ABILITY ON THE ABILITY TO SOLVE MATH STORY PROBLEMS OF FIFTH GRADE AT MI NURUL QUR'AN PAGUTAN IN THE 2024/2025 ACADEMIC YEAR

Abstract

This study aims to determine the effect of reading comprehension ability on the ability to solve math story problems of V grade at MI Nurul Qur'an Pagutan in the 2024/2025 academic year. This type of research is expost facto research with a simple correlation design. Population of this research is all fifth grade students at MI Nurul Qur'an Pagutan. The sample of this study amounted to 58 samples with the technique of determining the sample using simple random sampling. The instrument used in this study was a description test instrument. The data analysis used is the prerequisite test in the form of normality and linearity tests while for hypothesis testing using simple correlation tests and simple regression equations. Based on the hypothesis test conducted, the results show that there is a positive and significant influence between reading comprehension ability on the ability to solve math story problems. This is indicated by a correlation coefficient of 0.902 and a coefficient of determination of 81%. The significance value obtained through the regression equation is Ý = -3.619 + 1.001X. Thus, there is an effect of reading comprehension ability on the ability to solve math story problems of v grade at mi nurul qur'an pagutan in the 2024/2025 academic year