To what extent group project improves students’ interaction

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E. Data Analysis

The data taken from students’ interaction checklist sheet and videotaping were transcribed and coded. Coding would be applied based on the type of students’ talks. Alwasilah 2000 states that coding helps researchers in several ways: 1 it helps the researchers to make phenomenon identification, 2 it helps the researchers to count the frequent of phenomenon existing and 3 it helps the researchers to arrange the categorizations and sub-categorization of the inventions. Based on the research question, the data analysis would be taken from to what extent group project improves students’ interaction, what difficulties which 4A students face along the completion of group project, and what strategies 4A students do to overcome the difficulties.

1. To what extent group project improves students’ interaction

To what extent group project improves students’ interaction was identified by analyzing the transcripts from videotaping. The video transcripts were coded based on types of students’ talks. Merry Christianty, 2012 Using Group Project To Improve Students Interaction Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia | repository.upi.edu Table 3.3 Video Transcript Codes I Students’ Interaction Categorization Main Sub- cat.1 Sub- cat.2 Sub- cat.3 Teacher-Student T  Initiate communication with teacher T 1 a. Ask permission to talk T 1a b. Asks simple questions T 1b i. For information T 1bi ii. For approval T 1ba  Respond to a question or statement T 2  Repeat what teacher had been said T 3  Demonstrate a phenomenon or an experiment T 4  Find out something T 5  Express personal experiences T 6  Express personal feelings and emotions T 7  Provide information T 8  Express agreement or disagreement T 9  Give reason to support students’ ideas T 10  Provide ideas or suggestions T 11  Create or revise students’ talks T 12  Use fillers T 13  Express imaginative situations T 14  Volunteers contributions to class T 15 Merry Christianty, 2012 Using Group Project To Improve Students Interaction Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia | repository.upi.edu  Extend what teacher had been said T 16 Student-Student S  Initiate communication with students S 1 a. Asks simple questions S 1a i. For information S 1ai ii. For approval S 1aa  Respond to a question or statement S 2  Repeat what student had been said S 3  Demonstrate a phenomenon or an experiment S 4  Find out something S 5  Express personal experiences S 6  Express personal feelings and emotions S 7  Provide information S 8  Express agreement or disagreement S 9  Give reason to support students’ ideas S 10  Provide ideas or suggestions S 11  Create or revise students’ talks S 12  Use fillers S 13  Express imaginative situations S 14  Volunteers contributions to group S 15  Organize work or learning processess S 16 Merry Christianty, 2012 Using Group Project To Improve Students Interaction Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia | repository.upi.edu

2. The difficulties which 4A students face along the completion of group project