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CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
This chapter discusses the methodology employed by the researcher in conducting the study in order to answer the questions of classroom management
conducted by the ELESP student teachers and the classroom management problems that occur in the student teachers teaching practice. The student teachers
are the students of English Language Education Study Program ELESP at Sanata Dharma University Yogyakarta in the sixth semester of the academic year
of 20102011. The methodology will be presented in six sections which are research method, research setting, research participants, instrument and data
gathering technique, data analysis technique, and the research procedure.
A. Research Method
A survey was employed in this study. According to Ary, Jacobs, and Sorensen 2010, the survey is a research technique in which the researchers want
to gather information about the characteristics of population by studying a smaller group a sample carefully drawn from the population p. 372.
Ary, Jacobs,
and Sorensen 2010 also explain that a cross-sectional surveys study a cross
section sample of a population at a single point in time p. 377.
Therefore, this research was a survey research which studies a smaller group of the ELESP student teachers. They were the ELESP student teachers at Sanata
Dharma University of academic year of 20082009 who were taking micro
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information about the classroom management conducted by the ELESP student teachers and the classroom management problems that occur in the student
teachers teaching practice. In addition, this research studies the ELESP student teachers in the academic year 20082009 who conducted teaching practice to
lower semester students at a single point in time. It was in the academic year of 20102011 in even semester when they conducted teaching practice to lower
semester students.
B. Research Setting
This study was conducted at Sanata Dharma University, especially at the English Language Education Study Program classes. The research was conducted
in two different classes and in five days in conducting the observation and distributing the questionnaire. The research was conducted in Intensive Reading II
class at IK.42 on 4 May 2011, Paragraph Writing class at IK. 42 on 20 May 2011, Pre-Intermediate Listening class at Listening Laboratory on 9 May 2011,
and Interactional Speech II class at IK. 42 on 10 and 11 May 2011. While the guiding questions for interview itself was conducted in five
days, on 14, 15, and 17 June 2011 as many as two participants for each day. While there was only one participant on 20 June 2011 and 8 August 2011. The interview
was conducted in the PBI area.
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C. Research Participants
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