Because the population is heterogeneous, the writer took the sample about 10 from 402 students randomly. So the total of the students that are taken as the sample are 40 students.
5. Technique of Collecting the Data
When the writer did the research, different instruments were applied to obtain the data:
a. Documentary Study
To know the students’ English learning achievement, the writer took the report book score of second grade students of Madrasah Tsanawiyah Negeri Tangerang II Pamulang for
first semester in academic year of 20082009 in English learning achievement semester because from report book the learning outcome that has been reached, can be measured.
2. Distribution of Questionnaire
The research instrument is used in collecting the data is a questionnaire which formulated and designed based on the indicators of the variables of parents’ involvement in
learning English. The questionnaire about the parents’ involvement of students is given to the students consisting of 20 items. In this case, it concerns about parents involvement in
student English achievement.
Table 6 Indicator of Parents’ Involvement
Total No
Indicator Positive
Negative Item number
1 As motivator
5 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
2 As advocate in economy
4 6, 7, 8, 9
3 As monitor
4 1
10, 11, 12, 13, 14 4
As model 6
15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20
In composing questionnaire, the writer applied Likert’s scale form: 1 Always selalu
2 Often sering
3 Sometimes kadang-kadang 4 Never tidak pernah
Table 7 Score of Questionnaire Answer
Score Alternative Answer
Positive Negative
Always Often
Sometimes Never
4 3
2 1
1 2
3 4
3. Interview
Interview was also applied to support data about school profile and to know parents’ engagement in school.
4. Observation
The writer makes an observation to the school in order to get better understanding of intended object.
6. Technique of Data Analysis
In analyzing the data and testing the hypothesis, the correlation technique was used, by using Pearson’s product moment correlation as follows:
r
xy
= ]
][ [
2 2
2 2
Y Y
N X
X N
Y X
XY N
− −
−
r
xy
= Coefficient Correlation N
= Number of Respondents XY
= Total Numbers of X multiplied by Y
X = Total Score of X parents’ involvement
Y = Total Score of Y students’ English achievement
D. Research Finding
1. Data Description
Having field research about parents’ involvement and the students’ English achievement in Madrasah Tsanawiyah Negeri Tangerang II Pamulang, the writer took the scores of 40 students
sampling and analyzed those score in order to find out whether there is any correlation between English achievement and parents’ involvement by Pearson’s product moment.
The data of students’ score of questionnaire and report book can be seen on the following tables:
Table 8 Questionnaire Result about Parents’ Involvement
Respondent Score
1 30
2 32
3 35
4 43
5 43
6 41
7 36
8 31
9 51
10 54
11 38
