The Effectiveness of A Reading Degree Program in Growing Students' Interest in Reading at Primary School

Abstract

The reading degree program carried out regularly as a response to students' low interest in reading, is the background for this research. The main objectives of the research are to determine students' interest in reading before and after the program, to determine the role of a reading degree program in fostering students' interest in reading, and to determine the program's effectiveness in fostering interest in reading. Researchers used a quantitative approach with an ex post facto research design. In the research, researchers distributed questionnaires to 66 respondents consisting of students at SD Muhammadiyah 09 Malang in grades 4, 5, and 6 who were chosen randomly and then tested using descriptive statistics, normality, and linearity tests, and simple linear regression. The research showed that the reading degree program at primary school effectively fostered interest in reading among students. Furthermore, the reading degree program fosters students' interest in reading from the various sub-activities carried out so that, over time, students can be motivated and continue to carry out other reading activities in their daily activities based on the student's wishes without coercion