Data Gathering Technique Data Analysis Technique

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3.4 Data Gathering Technique

This research was conducted in Microteaching class of English Education Study Program Sanata Dharma University. The research began on March 26 th 2010 and ended on August 19 th 2010. The data of this research was gathered from the questionnaires which were distributed to the participants. The answer of the questionnaires served as the data of this research. The process of gathering using questionnaire as the research instrument was taken place in four Microteaching classes. The classes were Micro A, Micro B, Micro F and Micro G of which the total number of the students were 86 students. The questionnaires were distributed on April 29 th , 2010; May 4 th , 6 th and 11 th , 2010. The number of questionnaires the researcher could obtain was 71 because on the day of the data gathering some students were absent.

3.5 Data Analysis Technique

In this research, there were two types of data from the rating scale and open-ended questions. First, the researcher analyzed the rating scale data. The number of participants who chose each degree of agreement of every statement was counted. Next, the number of students who selected each degree of agreement was converted into percentage. The number of participants who selected each degree of agreement was divided by the total number of participants times 100. The biggest percentage showed participants’ perception toward the contribution of personal reflection to their learning awareness whether it was positive or negative. 25 The collected data from rating scales questions were illustrated using Table 3.1. In Table 3.1, there were three columns; Statements, Number of Participant Selecting Degree of Agreement, and Percentage. The Statements column was used to list the statements. The second column, Number of Participant Selecting Degree of Agreement, had four sub-columns which were used to list the number of participant who selected each degree of agreement. The Percentage column had four sub-columns which were used to list the percentage of each degree of agreement. Table 3.1 Participants’ Rating Scale Responses Table 3.2 Raw Data of Participants’ Answer of Open-ended Questions Participants Question Number 1 2 3 1 2 3 etc Table 3.3 Participants’ Response of Open-ended Questions Question Classification Example of Responses Number of participants selecting Degree of Agreement Percentage Statements 1 Strongly Disagree 2 Disagree 3 Agree 4 Strongly Agree 1 Strongly Disagree 2 Disagree 3 Agree 4 Strongly Agree 1 2 3 4 Etc. 26 Meanwhile, the collected data from open-ended questions were analyzed to get further explanation on the participants’ perception on the contribution of reflection to their learning awareness. First, the participants’ response was listed in Table 3.2. In the table, there are two columns namely Participants and Question Number. The Participants column was used to list the participants while the Question Number column was used to list all participants’ answer on each number of questions. The responses listed in the table 3.2, then, were analyzed by classifying the answer. The classification of the responses was presented in Table 3.3. In Table 3.3, there was one column in the top of the table namely Questions which was used to list the open-ended questions. Below it, there were three subcolumns namely Classification, , and Example of Responses. The Classification column was used to present the classification of the responses, the column was used to present the percentage of each classification, and the Example of Responses column was used to present some examples of each classifications.

3.6 Research Procedure