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CHAPTER 3 METHODOLOGY
This chapter discusses the methodology used by the writer in conducting the study in order to discover the answer of the research questions
stated in chapter I. The methodology will be presented in six sections which are research method, participants, instruments, data gathering technique, data analysis
technique, and the research procedure.
A. Research Method
The research was intended to answer three research questions. Those three questions are: “What is the feedback from the lecturers?”, “What are the students’
perceptions on the lecturers’ feedback in improving students’ teaching performance in Microteaching class?”, and “What are the suggestions for the
lecturers in giving feedback to the students?”. In this research, the writer used survey method. Survey is used to measure
attitudes, opinions, or achievements-any number of variables in natural settings Wiersma, 1995.
“[S]urvey research … is the method of collecting information by
asking a set of preformulated questions in a predetermined sequence in a structured questionnaire to a sample of individuals drawn so as to be
representative of a defined population.
Hutton 1990, p.8 Implementing the survey research, the writer attempted to discover the
Microteaching students’ perception on the supervisors’ feedback in improving
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students’ teaching performance in Microteaching class by collecting data through questionnaire. The writer also conducted observation and interview in this
research. The observation was to observe the how and when the lecturers gave feedback, while the interview was conducted to gain deeper perception of the
students on the feedback. In this research, three students coming from three different Microteaching classes became the interviewees.
B. Research Participants
The participants of the research were students of English Language Education Study Program of Sanata Dharma University who were taking
Microteaching KPE 373 class in academic year 20092010. The participants were chosen since the writer attempted to find out the Microteaching students’
perception on the lecturer’s feedback in improving their performance in Microteaching class. This research would reveal the students’ perception on
feedback and how feedback can improve their teaching performance. There were seven Microteaching classes in academic year 20092010. In
order to get the data for the research, the writer did the research on three of seven classes of Microteaching which were class D, E, and G with three different
lecturers. The other students in the classes, which were class A, B, C, and F, were not chosen as participants. The writer did not choose Class A because the class
was taught by a lecturer who became microteaching lecturer for the first time and the lecturer did not give any specific feedback to the students like any other
Microteaching lecturers. Class B had the same way of giving feedback as Class E
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so the writer decided to choose one of them only. Class C was not included because this class had the same schedule with class D so that the writer could not
observe the class. Class F and G were taught by the same lecturers so the writer decided to choose one of them. The classes to be observed were representative
enough to represent the sixth semester students who were taking the Microteaching class. Researching the students taught by different lecturers, the
writer would get the students’ perception in relation to the way the lecturers give feedback.
The total number of the participants was 66 students. Moreover, the writer also interviewed nine students, three students from each class, to get deeper
information on their perception on the feedback by asking for more explanation related to the questionnaire. Those nine students were chosen using purposive
sampling. The writer selected nine students from each class, one student with below average performance, one student with average performance, and the other
one with above average performance. Those students were chosen as they represented the students of each class. Before deciding which students to be
interviewed, the writer asked information about the students which had below, average, and above average in their performance from the lecturers. The data
obtained from those nine students and the data obtained from the population would be complementary.
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C. Research Instruments