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CHAPTER III METHODS OF INVESTIGATION
This chapter is divided into seven sub sections. They are research design, subject of the study, roles of the researcher, procedures of data collection, instruments of
the study, procedures of analyzing data, and triangulation.
3.1 Research Design
The research method which was used in this study is a classroom action research. This classroom action research was conducted by the teacher in order to get a
solution to the problem until it can be solved. Action research is a reflective process which is conducted by using some kinds of necessary technique in order
to solve the problem. Action research has some procedures. Based on Kemmis and Taggart in
Burns 2003:32, the procedure of action research can be drawn in this figure:
Figure 3.1 Procedures of Action Research Based on the figure above, it is clear that action research has four steps.
Those steps are planning, acting, observing and reflecting. As a practitioner in the research, the researcher tried to develop a new way to solve the problem but still
based on the action research procedure. Before conducting the research, the
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researcher did pre-elimination test. The purpose of the pre-elimination test was to find out the students
‟ achievement in reading comprehension of narrative text. The process then continued by the next process of action research: planning,
acting, observing and reflecting. After that, cycle test was done to find out the students‟ comprehension in narrative text after being treated by using DRAW
strategy.
3.2 Subject of the Study
In this study, the eighth graders of SMP Kartika III – 1 Semarang were chosen as
the subject of the study. The class which was chosen was VIII D. The reason for choosing the VIII D students as the subject because the researcher found that the
students‟ score of midterm test was the lowest compared to other classes.
3.3 Roles of the Researcher
The role of the researcher during the research was a data collector in collecting the data and a teacher in conducting the research. The researcher also acted as a data
analyzer in analyzing the result after the action to get problem solving to answer research questions. The researcher finally worked as a writer in reporting the
result of the research.
3.4 Procedures of Data Collection
