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CHAPTER IV RESEARCH RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
This chapter presents the findings of the research and the discussion of data analysis. There are two sections presented to answer the research questions.
The first section is the characteristics of collaborative learning that frequently appear in
students’ reflection papers in Play Performance class. The second section is the contributions of collaborative learning perceived by the students in
Play Performance class to their soft skills development.
A. Characteristics of Collaborative Learning in Students’ Reflection Papers
In this research, the researcher found nine characteristics of collaborative learning Friend Cook, 2010 in the
students’ reflection papers. Those characteristics of collaborative are voluntary, requiring parity among participants,
having mutual goals, sharing responsibility for participation and decision making, sharing resources, sharing accountability for outcomes, valuing interpersonal
style, trusting one another, and evolving a sense of community Friend Cook, 2010.
The researcher analyzed the students’ reflection papers from Play
Performance class in the first semester of academic year of 20152016. The reflections were the assignments for the midterm test and the final test.
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characteristic from collaborative learning had different numbers of excerpts and it showed which characteristics of collaborative learning frequently appeared in the
students’ reflection papers. The numbers are shown in table 4.1.
Table 4.1 Number of Excerpts of Collaborative Learning Characteristics Appeared in Students’ Reflection Papers
No Characteristics of
Collaborative Learning Number of Excerpts
Total Number of Excerpts
Midterm Test
Final Test
1 Voluntary
74 99
173 2
Requiring parity 102
86 186
3 Mutual goals
56 73
129 4
Sharing responsibility for participation and decision
making 96
73 169
5 Sharing resources
30 30
60 6
Sharing accountability for outcomes
72 59
131 7
Valuing interpersonal style 44
39 83
8 Trusting one another
66 71
137 9
Evolving a sense of community
58 67
125
1. Voluntary
There were 173 excerpts mentioning voluntary characteristic of collaborative learning; 74 excerpts in the reflection papers for the midterm test,
and 99 excerpts in the reflection papers for the final test. Based on the number of excerpts which appeared in the students’ reflection papers, voluntary was on the
second place for the characteristic of collaborative learning that frequently appeared.
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