This research investigates using Think-Pair-Share technique in teaching reading comprehension. It is an experimental research at the tenth grade students of SMAN 3 Kediri. Based on main problem, this research aimed to find out the influence of Think-Pair-Share technique on the students reading comprehension. This research approach was quantitative research and the research method was pre experimental design, namely the one-group pre-test post-test design. The subject of the research was the tenth grade students of SMAN 3 Kediri in academic year 2017/2018. The sample of the research was class X MIPA 6 consisting of 33 students. The researcher used test as the instrument to collect the data. The result shows the students’ reading comprehension increased after being taught using Think-Pair-Share. It was proven by the mean after being taught using Think-Pair-Share (86,21) was higher than the mean score before being taught using Think-Pair-Share (73,79). The result reports that the t-test was higher than t-table (14,683> 2,042) it means that Ho was rejected and Ha was accepted. From the finding above, it can be concluded that Think-Pair-Share was significantly influence in reading comprehension. The researcher suggests to the English teachers to teach the students using Think-Pair-Share because it was suitable technique which makes the students more easy to comprehend the text in pairs.
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