Data Gathering Technique Data Analysis Technique

tent to be semi-structured interview since besides asking the prepared questions, it was more possible to probe questions to obtain in-depth information. It gave fuller, detailed information and avoided bias responses when it is interpreted. There were ten participants in this session that represented each subdivision: excellent, good and fair learners. The major points of interview are listed in Table 3.4. They are students’ perception, process of making mind a mind map, planning, monitoring, and evaluating, and strengths and weaknesses. Table 3.4. Interview Points No Points 1. Students’ Perception a. Initial Perception b. Developmental Perception. 2. Process of Making a Mind Map 3. Planning 4. Monitoring 5. Evaluating 6. Strengths and Weaknesses

D. Data Gathering Technique

The process of gathering data was conducted during even semester of 2008 2009. The researcher joined and observed the class. In this sense, taking notes of what happened in teaching learning activity was the main activity during observation. The observation was conducted from March 5 until April 16, 2009. Because the class activities were limited to weekly report submission and class presentation, however, the researcher thought that observing the class activities did not give the intended data. The data observation was used in initial part only as a description of the class. Therefore, it was not necessarily included as the data. In order to collect data in terms of students’ experiences mentioned in previous part, the students were asked to write weekly reflection which includes six major points, e.g. goals, steps to do it, problems that occur, how to solve the problems, self- fulfillment, and suggestion to do the next activity. It was intentionally done to monitor students’ learning. In addition, the data gained remained actual and fresh because the students did it sooner after finishing the task. To gain valid justification, the researcher conducted interview to eleven participants as the representative of the three categorizations. The interview session was conducted when students had finished several projects and completed 5 reflection sheets. Students’ perception, process of making a mind map weekly report, planning, monitoring and evaluating process were probed to the participants. The interview session was carried out on April 17, 2009 in K.03, started from 1 P.M until 4 P.M. Each interview lasted about 5-10 minutes.

E. Data Analysis Technique

As stated earlier, there were two instruments exhibited in this research. The researcher first read and analyzed the raw data thoroughly. Then, based on the reading, each instrument was categorized into similar cluster to find the thematic relationship. This kind of process was also called as data coding. The clearer data coding of each instrument was as follows.

1. Data Analysis Technique on Weekly Structured Reflection Sheets

Having analyzed all data from students’ reflections, the researcher categorized the data based on the previous five major points: goals, steps, problem solving, self- assessment, and future plan. This categorization helped the researcher to interpret each part. The format of data coding of each reflection was presented in this table 3.5 Table 3.5. Format of Data Coding of the Reflection Sheet Categorization Reflection I Reflection II Reflection III Reflection IV Reflection V Goals … … … … … Steps Difficulties and problem solving Assessment Future Plan

2. Data Analysis Technique on An Interview Session

The MP3 recorder was used to record the interview. To construct the data from this interview session, the researcher transcribed each interview recording by playing them repeatedly and writing down those excerpt. Next, the written data were clustered based on students’ perception, planning, monitoring, and evaluating. The format of data coding of the interview was shown in table 3.6 Format Coding of the Interview. Table 3.6. Format of Data Coding of the Interview Categorization Participant Perception Process of Making Mind Mapping Planning Monitoring Evaluating Participants no.3 … … … … … … Participant no. 8 Table 3.6 was used to facilitate the writer in classifying the excerpts that represented perception, mind mapping process, planning, monitoring and evaluating process. Table 3.7. Format of Data Coding of Mind Mapping Categorization Participant Brainstorming Summarizing Organizing Ideas Presenting Data Checking Understanding Participants no.3 … … … … … … Participant no. 8 Table 3.7 below was formatted to allow the writer in categorizing the excerpts that represented mind mapping activities such as brainstorming, summarizing, organizing ideas, presenting data and checking understanding. The excerpts were from the weekly reflection sheets and interview session.

F. Research Procedure