Impact of Let’s Read and Kipin School 4.0 on Fourth Grade Reading Interest

Abstract

This study aims to demonstrate the influence of the Let’s Read and Kipin School 4.0 applications on the reading interest of fourth-grade students at Insan Madani Integrated Islamic Elementary School during the second semester of the 2023/2024 academic year. This research is quantitative with a quasi-experimental design, utilizing a pretest posttest control group design. There are three groups: experiment group 1 (Let’s Read), experiment group 2 (Kipin School 4.0), and a control group (using only reading books). The sample was taken through simple random sampling, and the instrument used was a questionnaire. Data analysis was conducted using t-tests after performing normality and homogeneity tests. The results show that H₀ is rejected and H_a is accepted, indicating a significant influence of the applications on reading interest. The average posttest score for experiment group 1 is 74.30, for experiment group 2 is 70.67, and for the control group is 61.24. With a Sig (2-tailed) value of 0.000 < 0.05, there is a significant difference between the average scores of the experimental and control groups. The conclusion of this study indicates a positive effect of the Let’s Read and Kipin School 4.0 applications on students' reading interest compared to traditional methods.