26 The second part of questionnaire Part II was three open-ended questions.
The open-ended questions were used to find both the students’ perceptions and the feedback gathered and feedback contribution toward students’ teaching skills
development as well as to find any students’ recommendations to improve and to maximize the use of observation sheets in microteaching classes. The
questionnaire sheet can be seen in Appendix 2 see page 64.
2. Interview
The interview was conducted to verify the result of the main instrument. It was meant to ensure and to recheck the students’ answer in the questionnaire. The
researcher prepared six open-ended questions, which were designed to dig out students’ perception on the use of observation sheets, the feedback students
obtained, feedback contributions toward students’ teaching skills development, and students’ critics and suggestions on the use of observation sheets. The open-
ended questions form was used as there would not be any predetermined answer, which limits the students responses. The interview guide was attached in
Appendix 3 see page 66.
D. Data Gathering Technique
The first data were gathered from the questionnaires. There were 100 respondents taken from 5 microteaching classes who were chosen as the most
characteristic students. Before distributing and conducting the research, the researcher made sure that the respondents have been experienced using
27 observation sheet in the microteaching class both as an observer and as a student
teacher. It was done because the previous experience will influence the perception of the perceiver Huffman, Vernoy Vernoy, 2002. The past experience on
using observation sheets both as an observer and as student teacher will influence the students’ perception on the use of observation sheet.
The questionnaires were distributed to the respondents on the different days. The researcher distributed the questionnaires in the end of the class so that it
would not disturb the teaching learning activities. The researcher also distributed the questionnaires for those who did not attend the class by entrusting it to their
friends who attend the class. After distributing the questionnaires, the researcher conducted the
interview. Verifying interview was conducted after the students received their observation sheets of their performance and filled in the questionnaires. The
researcher chose the interviewees in order to verify their answer in the questionnaire and to dig out more information. The researcher only chose four
students as the interviewees because the researcher considered that it was a sufficient number to dig out more information. The researcher chose the
interviewees by considering the classification of perception based on each respondent see page 28. Two interviewees were the students who had positive
answer on their questionnaires and other two interviewees were the students who had negative answer on their questionnaires. The researcher interviewed the
students one by one on different day to keep the researcher focusing on the interview and avoiding exhausted. While conducting interview, the researcher
28 tried to obtain any important information by taking notes and using tape recorder.
The detailed information about the setting of the research could be seen in Table 3.2.
Table 3.2
The Schedule of the Research
Date of Research Class
Number of Respondents
Activities
April 6, 2009 G
22 Distributing questionnaires
April 22, 2009 E
22 Distributing questionnaires
May 1, 2009 C
21 Distributing questionnaires
May 7, 2009 B
17 Distributing questionnaires
May 12, 2009 F
18 Distributing questionnaires
May 16 – 20, 2009 4
Interview
E. Data Analysis Technique
