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kalimat. 5.
Penggunaan permainan jumbled-words
banyak membantu saya dalam
menyusun kalimat dengan benar.
In this research, the researcher used scale questionnaire. Ary et al. 2010 divides scale questionnaire into two types: attitude scale, which consists of likert
scale and bipolar adjective scale, and rating scale pp. 209-212. In this research, the researcher used Likert scale to ask students to respond to a series of statements
indicating whether they strongly agreed SA, agreed A, were undecided U, disagreed D, or strongly disagreed SD with each statement Mills, 2011, p.
91. The researcher chose Likert scale since it was one of the most widely used technique to measure attitudes. In the questionnaires, the researcher used five
options for each statement including an undecided option. According to Ary et al. 2010, the undecided option is included into the options since “…some
respondents actually feel that way and do not want to be forced into agreeing or disagreeing” pp. 209-210. The researcher only used five options for each
statements since those were “…best represents their reaction to each statement” Ary et. al., 2010, p. 209.
In constructing the questionnaires, the researcher considered the guidelines for developing and presenting questionnaires by Mills 2011 as follows.
1. Carefully proofread questionnaires. 2. Avoid a sloppy presentation.
3. Avoid a lengthy questionnaire. 4. Do not ask unnecessary questions.
5. Use structured items with a variety of possible responses.
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6. Whenever possible, allow for an “other comments” section.
7. Decide whether you want respondents to put their names on the questionnaires or whether you will use a number to keep track of who
has responded. pp. 83
– 84 The researcher constructed the questionnaires by looking up a research problem
formulation. In the questionnaires, there were four different topics: 1 students‟
opinion toward their writing skills in constructing English sentences, 2 students‟
opinion whether jumbled-word game motivates them in the learning process, 3 students‟ opinion toward the learning product, and 4 students‟ opinion toward
jumbled-word game. The statements on each topic of the questionnaires should be related to the research problem and based on theories. Therefore, the researcher
conducted book review to find out some theories that related to the statements on the questionnaires.