The present study was intended to investigate how the study of reading was
developed through jigsaw. Further, an in-depth research was conducted to find
out what extent to which the students’ comprehension in reading was. For this
purpose, 14 students were taken in a class of Elementary Reading Comprehension
in the second semester of the academic year 2012/2013. This research was
conducted by using an action research which consisted of two cycles. Each cycle
had four steps of teaching; they were planning, action, observation, and reflection.
The data of this research were from the reading test, the observation note, and the
questionnaire. The result of this research showed the students gave the positive
impact to the teaching of reading. They could elaborate their ability in
comprehending the text to the others. And from the questionnaire given, it showed
the students enjoyed the teaching of reading by applying a jigsaw technique.