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CHAPTER IV RESEARCH RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
This chapter displayed the data analysis of the research result. The findings were about the significant experiences of ELESP students of Sanata Dharma
University batch 2011 until 2012 who had taken Service Program Design. After analyzing the findings, the researcher discussed the significant experiences
which were appropriate to help the students build their good character as a teacher candidate. The researcher tried to put the important points of the
experiences in this part. The ELESP students shared their stories through their experiences about the activities in SPD class that help them change their
character as a teacher candidate. This chapter presented to answer the research problem; 1. What kinds of significant learning experiences from SPD class
develop students‟ good characters as teacher candidates?
A. The Presentation of Close-ended Form Result
This part showed the table and the diagram of the character building of the ELESP students from the activities in the class. There were twenty-five
respondents in this research. They were expected to choose one of the options by giving the tick mark
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in the column which correspond to the degree of agreement listed Strongly Disagree 1, Disagree 2, Agree 3, and Strongly
Agree 4. The detailed information about Table 4.3 was in appendix E on the analysis of the close-ended questionnaire.
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Table 4.3
the description of participants’ opinion from their experiences
Point of indicators
No Respondents’
opinion on
N Central tendency
Mn Med
Md
Learning outcomes
1. SPD class is
really helpful to find out the
differences of my knowledge
and skill with my friends.
25 3.4
3 3
2. SPD class helps
me to learn how to behave to be a
professional teacher.
25 3.4
4 4
3. SPD class is
very meaningful because there are
a lot of experiences to
build good character as a
teacher candidate.
25 3.3
3 4
Project-based learning
4. The lecturer in
SPD class gave assignments that
make the students
understand the material well.
25 3.3
3 3
5. The assignments
in SPD class help the students
to understand the
lecturer‟s expectation of
the final goal of the changes of
students‟ character.
25 3.5
4 4
6. SPD class was
very challenging because of the
assignments which were very
25 3.3
3 3
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helpful to change students‟
character as a teacher
candidate.
7. I can solve the
problem of the assignment
which given by the lecturer.
25 3.5
4 4
8. I learnt to make
better choice to solve my
problem. 25
3.6 4
4
Cooperative Language-
Learning 9.
The lecturer always asks the
students to make a group or find a
partner to find out the answer of
a problem of a topic.
25 3.4
3 3
10. I can give good
contribution to my friends in
solving a problem of a
topic. 25
3,2 3
3
11. I can be
responsible for the information
that I gave to my friends by giving
an example. 25
3.2 3
3
12. My friends and I
can work together well to
solve a problem. 25
3.5 3
3
13. My friends and I
can find the problem solving
well. 25
3.4 3
3
Total 25
122.9 3.52
Additional note: N = Number of respondents
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Med= Median is the middle point. Md = Mode is the score that occurs most frequently in a set of scores. The
formulas of the mean formulated as follow:
= Mean
= Sum X = Score
N = Number of respondents N = Number for the statements to calculate the final result mean
The result of the table showed that SPD class was really helpful for the students in building their good character as teacher candidates. The final result of
the mean was 3.52 which mean that most of the ELESP students agree SPD class build their good character. It was almost close to option four; “Strongly agree”.
There were no students who chose disagree.
B. The Analysis of the Graphic Representation of Frequency Distribution