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Saturday class was used for a teaching practice student. So, the researcher did the research from 22 Februay until 22 March 2017 22 February, 1, 8 and 22 March.
C. Research ParticipantsSubjects
The research participants were the students of the eighth grade, especially E class in SMP N 1 Yogyakarta. In this study, the researcher was not only as an
observer but also the teacher of the class, so it helped the researcher to know the improvement of the students after experiencing the action better and deeper.
The total number of the students were 34 students. In fact, 29 out of 34 students were counted as research subjects of the pre-test and the post-test. The
other students could not become the subjects of this research because 2 out of 5 did not come at the pre-test so they were disqualified. Then 3 out of 5 did not do their
post-test even though the researcher had always reminded them to do it. However, since 34 students experienced the action, they were asked to fill the questionnaires.
None of them were left. All students were asked to share their experiences using the action.
Furthermore, the participants of the interviewees were 6 students. In fact, one of the interviewees was doing his praying, so he did not join the interview
session from the beginning but the researcher had made sure that the interviewee gave the detailed information about the action. The researcher chose them because
the researcher felt that they were able to give their best information about the action. The summary of the interview can be seen in appendix 4.
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D. Instruments and Data Gathering Technique
In this part, the researcher describes the instrument used in this research and how the data were gathered in order to answer the first and second formulated
problem of the research.
1. Instruments
There were some instruments which were used for collecting the data: observation, interview, test and questionnaire. Since the researcher used four
instruments, there were four explanation about data gathering technique.
a. Interview
In this part, the researcher had prepared some lists of questions to be asked to the subject participants. According to Johnson and Larry 2012, interview is a
data collection which the interviewer asks some questions regarding to this study to the interviewees p. 198. Then, the purpose of the interview was to gain the
information about the second formulated problem from this research which is about the advantages of Edmodo. Moreover, the data also used as a supportive data of the
first research problem. Besides, the researcher used qualitative interview because the researcher wanted to dig more information about the problem of this research.
b. Tests
In this research, the researcher used some tests to know students’ improvement after using the Educational media, which is Edmodo. Based on
Johnson and Larry, “test is used to measure attitudes, personality, self-perceptions, aptitude, and performance of research participants” 2012, p. 197. This data
gathering technique was used to answer the first formulated problem. So, there were PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
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two kinds of test which had been done, before and after the action. The test which was conducted before implementing the action was to know students’ prior
knowledge about writing a narrative text. After the students got the action and experienced it for about two times, the researcher gave them a post-test to know
whether there was improvement while they used the action or not.
c. Questionnaires
In this part, the researcher used questionnaires to get the answer from both first and second formulated problems. Based on Johnson and Larry 2012
“Questionnaire is a self-report data-collection instrument that each research participant fills out as a part of a research study p. 197.” The researcher distributed
the questionnaires to all students of the class. It was given after they experienced Edmodo. The distribution of the questionnaires were done two times because the
researcher did not check the total number of printed questionnaires. It must be 34 sheets but the researcher only got 24 sheets. So, the researcher had to come to school
and to give the other questionnaires to the students. In fact, the researcher had noted the name of students who did not fill the questionnaires so that the researcher would
not miss the students who have not done it.
2. Data Gathering Technique
In this section, the researcher describes how the data were gathered. Before the researcher decided to choose this topic, the researcher observed what
students’ problems while having the learning process in the class. From July until October
2016, the researcher did her teaching practice in SMP N 1 Yogyakarta, the PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
