31 particularly in qualitative research. Therefore, the researcher could reduce the
research bias in this research.
1. Questionnaire
As the first instrument, the researcher used questionnaire as the technique to gather the data. According to Lodico et. al 2006,
“a survey or questionnaire is the main tool of instrument used to collect data in a survey research
” p.159. Weisberg et al. 1996 and also Aldridge and Levine 2001 state that surveys are
useful for gathering factual information, data on attitudes, and preference, beliefs and predictions, opinion, behavior, and experiences
– both in the past and present. Since the aim of this study was to k
now about students‟ responses to the use of mind mapping, the first instrument that the researcher used in this research was
questionnaires. The questionnaires were the main instrument of this study.
According to Wilson and McLean 1994, questionnaire is a widely used and useful instrument for collecting survey information as cited in Cohen,
Manion, Marisson, 2011. By distributing the questionnaire, the researcher could obtain students‟ thoughts, feelings, attitudes, beliefs, values, responses,
personality, and behavioral intentions Johnson and Christensen, 2011. The students or respondents were suggested to answer all the questions briefly and
honestly based on their experiences in using mind mapping. They should return the questionnaires back to the researcher together with their answers to the
researcher.
Based on Cohen, Manion, and Morrison 2000, there are several kinds of questions and response modes in questionnaires and one of them is open-ended
32 questions. The researcher chose the open-ended questions for the questionnaires
in this study. Cohen, Manion, and Morrison 200 concluded that “open ended
questions enable participants to write a free account in their own terms, to explain and qualify their responses and avoid the limitation of pre-set categories of
response ” p.382. Therefore, by distributing a questionnaire with open-ended
questions, the respondents gave the researcher the brief and wide data to be
analyzed.
There were seven questions in the questionnaire and the respondents should answer all of the questions based on their experiences and feeling in using
mind mapping. Cohen, Manion, and Morrison 2000 state that “questionnaires
simply put the open-ended questions and left a space draw lines for a free response
” p.392. The respondents answered all the questions in the space or the lines which were given by the researcher. If the spaces were not enough, the
respondents could answer it in the other page of the paper so they could answer all
the answer freely based on their experiences in using mind mapping.
The first question was use d to know students‟ responses to the use of mind
mapping to organize their ideas in writing. The fourth and fifth questions were used to know
about students‟ strengths and weaknesses after using mind mapping and their opinion about the strengths and weaknesses from the mind mapping
based on their feeling. The sixth question was used to know about the students‟
improvement based on their awareness after using mind mapping. The eighth question was used to know the
students‟ suggestions about the use of mind mapping in the future. The answer of the last question helped the researcher to
33 answer the second research question. The descriptions of the questionnaire can be
seen in the Table 3.1.
Table 3.1: The Description of Questionnaire Aims
Types Total
items Questions
To know students‟ responses to the use of mind mapping to
organize their ideas in writing Open-
Ended 1
Apakah mind mapping dapat membantumu dalam
meningkatkan kemampuanmu dalam mengatur atau
mengorganisir ide-idemu pada saat menulis teks deskripsi?
Mengapa?
To know students‟ interest on the use of mind mapping
Open- Ended
1 Apakah kamu tertarik belajar
menggunakan mind mapping ini? Mengapa?
To know students‟ opinion on the implementation of mind
mapping Open-
Ended 1
Bagaimanakah pendapatmu dengan penerapan mind mapping
ini di dalam kelas pada saat pelajaran menulis descriptive
text?
To know students‟ opinion about the strengths and
weaknesses of the mind mapping
Open- Ended1
1 Menurut pengalaman yang sudah
kamu alami pada saat menggunakan metode ini untuk
menulis sebuah teks deskripsi, apa sajakah kekurangan dan
kelebihan yang dimiliki oleh mind mapping ini?
To know students‟ difficulties and easiness from the use of
mind mapping Open-
Ended 1
Menurut dirimu sendiri setelah menggunakan mind mapping saat
menulis deskripsi teks, apa kesulitan dan kemudahan yang
kamu dapatkan dari mind mapping ini?
To know students‟ achievements after using mind
mapping when writing the descriptive text
Open- Ended
1 Apa saja pencapaian yang telah
kamu capai setelah menggunakan metode ini?
To know students suggestion on the use of mind mapping in
the future Open-
ended 1
Menurut pendapatmu, apa saja saran yang ingin kamu berikan
untuk kelanjutan penerapan mind mapping ini di kemudian hari?
34 Before the researcher distributed the questionnaires, the researcher piloted
the questionnaires. The researcher tested the questionnaire to some students to ensure that the questions made sense to participants and to avoid problems in the
questionnaire that might lead to biased answers. After the researcher finished piloting the questionnaire, the researcher distributed the questionnaires to the
respondents. The questionnaires were distributed in the end of the class in the last meeting. This questionnaire helped the researcher to know about
students‟ responses to the use of mind mapping. The responses told their improvements
after using mind mapping. In giving responses in each question on the questionnaire, the respondents
were asked to answer those questions based on their experience or their feeling in using mind mapping. The respondents should answer it honestly based on the real
condition that they faced.
2. Interview
