Education Study Program, class A, B, C, D, and E. Academic essay classes were held every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. However, the researcher only took
four classes as the respondents; class A, C, D, and E. There were ten respondents from those four classes who would be the respondents. Those ten respondents
were students who wrote their writing project using online sources. The reason for taking them as respondents was because the students in Academic Essay class
were competent enough in writing; they have passed Basic Writing Writing 1 until Short Essay Writing IV. In Academic Essay class, students are expected to
produce a more complex writing in the form of paper with 5-7 pages in-length. There was no exception for the shoppers-students who retook Academic Essay to
be included in this research.
C. Research Instruments
In carrying out the study, the researcher used the following instruments: 1.
Students’ Work Students’ work here was the students’ final writing projects. The lecturers
of Academic Essay classes gave chances for students to take the online sources as the references of their writing projects. Further, the researcher observed the
students’ writing project. To analyze the data, the researcher used some standard according to APA documentation style as a comparison. It was used as a guidance
to know students’ understanding in citing the online sources on their writing projects. Afterwards, the researcher tried to find students’ problems in citing the
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2. Interview
After the analysis of students’ work, the researcher used the interview as the second instrument. This interview was conducted to obtain additional
information. “Interviews and observations interact-observations provide new meanings to the interviews, and interviews suggest new things to look at or attach
new meanings to the observations.” Krathwohl, 2004: 285. The researcher prefers using the interview to questionnaire as one of the instruments because in
her opinion, interview would provide rich data. Also, direct interview enabled respondents to express their feeling freely and it gave a real information from the
respondents than the questionnaire. “As contrasted with the questionnaire, which provides no immediate feedback, the interview permits the research worker to
follow-up leads and thus obtain more data and greater clarity.” Borg Gall, 1983:436.
The interview section was conducted after the analysis of students’ work was finished. The interview aimed to obtain confirmation from some students
who have followed the Academic Essay class for the whole semester. Some selected students were the representatives of the class. The researcher took eight
students as respondents. To record the data from interview, the researcher used an MP4 player. In this research, the MP4 player was an effective tool to help the
researcher to analyze the data. By using MP4 player, the researcher was able to rewind or repeat the recording. As a result, the researcher would not miss any
important information. The interview was conducted on December 11
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