do not get bored. Because the learning environment is a major factor in achieving the learning objectives.
5. Hypothesis
Based on the formulation of the problem the writer would like to propose the following hypotheses:
H
o
: There is no significant influence of using Directed Reading Thinking Activity
towards students‟ recount text reading comprehension.
H
α
: There is a significant influence of using Directed Reading Thinking Activity
towards students‟ recount text reading comprehension.
CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
A. Method of the Research
In conducting the research, the writer applied quasi experimental pre-test and post- test control group design. Quasi experimental design is a research design that
includes assignment, but not random assignment of participants to groups. This is because the experimenter cannot artificially create groups for the experiment.
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It means that we do not have the opportunity for random assignment of students to
special groups in different conditions. Furthermore, Merten states that in quasi- experimental design, these students could not be randomly assigned as individuals to
treatments because of the students‟ schedules.
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The common term for this type of group of participants is intact. For that, the writer selected two classes, one was the
control class and the other was the experimental class. The research design could be presented as follows:
G1 random T1 X T2 G2 random T1 O T2
Notes : G1 : Experimental class group one
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John W. Creswell,
Educational Research;Planning and Conducting Quantitative and Qualitative Research
Boston: Pearson, 2012, p. 309.
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Donna M. Merten,
Research and Evaluation Methods in Special Education
California: Corwin press , p. 57.
G2 : Control Class group two T1 : Pre-test
T2 : Post-test X : Treatment using Directed Reading Thinking Activity staretegy
O : Treatment by LRD strategy
B. Variable of Research
Variable is a concept-a noun that stands for variation within a class of objects. Quantitative variables exist in some degree rather than all or none along a
continuum from less to more, and we can assign numbers to different individuals or objects to indicate how much of the variable they possess.
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There are two variables that should be pointed out in this research:
1 Independent variable is directed reading thinking activity strategy X
Independent variable is that the writer choosed to study in order to assess their possible effects on one or more other variables. An independent variable is
presumed to affect at least partly cause or somehow influence at least one other variable.
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2 Dependent variable is students‟ recount text reading comprehension Y.
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Jack R. Fraenkel, Norman R. Wallen,
How to Design and Evaluate Research in Education: Eighth Edition
, New York: McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc, 2009 p. 39
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Ibid
, p. 42
