Sharing Resources Characteristics of Collaborative Learning in Students’ Reflection Papers

44 collaborative learning that frequently appeared in the student reflection papers. There were 137 excerpts mentioning this collaborative learning characteristic. There were 66 excerpts in the reflection papers for the midterm test assignment, and there were 71 excerpts in the reflection papers for the final test assignment. This characteristic of collaborative learning showed that in collaborative learning, especially when it came to the process of doing the group’s work, the student had to trust their peers. They should trust each other. The student had to learn to trust their peers that each of them could do well on their work. They had to trust each other even though they just met their friends not a long time ago and they had not known their friends that much. “Second, it is connected to the development toward others, I can take a value that trusting is the best option to build a good group. I should believe that everyone is competent for their divisions. Believing on them is a way to treat them to be responsible for their own job. Moreover, although I have given them the same responsibilities, I should monitor all of their progress correctly .” – Excerpt 20 In excerpt 20, the student mentioned that trust was the best option to build a good group. The student also mentioned that she should believe their friends that they were competent to do their job. By trusting them, it would give the responsibilities on their friends, so that their friends would feel respected and trusted enough to continue her work confidently. By trusting each other, the student did not need to doubt anymore whether they should do their work in the best way they could or not. Due to the trust that the student gave and gained, they would do it in the best way they could. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI 45 “Play is not only about the work individually but it also about the group work, process, and we have to trust one another, help each other .” – Excerpt 21 “Third, almost all of us did not know exactly performance-things except our director and some friends from SeriboeDjendela Theatre and EEPro. Thus, we believed our director and put our trust 100 in him. ” – Excerpt 22 In excerpts 21 and 22, each student wrote about trust they should have toward their friends. In excerpt 21, the student was aware that in Play Performance class they would have their work and process together. They also had to trust one another and help each other. While in excerpt 22, the student wrote that the student put all her trust in his friend whom she thought had the quality and experience in that part of work.

9. Evolving a Sense of Community

As the ninth characteristic of collaborative learning, evolving a sense of community was on the seventh place on the research finding that showed the characteristic of collaborative learning that frequently appeared. This characteristic was mentioned in both reflection papers for the midterm test assignment and for the final test assignment gaining 125 excerpts. There were 58 excerpts in the reflection papers for the midterm test assignment, and there were 67 excerpts in the reflection papers for the final test assignment. Evolving a sense of community made the student feel and experience the sense of community while working together and having collaborative learning in Play Performance class. Friend and Cook 2010 state that when the students feel