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improve the students’ participation in the classroom.
4. Planning
The researcher planned a learning activity by making teaching materials and lesson plans. The activity was based on the jigsaw technique. The researcher
also consulted with the teacher and the researcher’s advisor.
5. Acting
In this step, the researcher implemented the jigsaw technique to improve the students’ participation. The teaching material was descriptive texts. There
were three parts activities in the teaching and learning process. They were pre activity, whilst activity, and post activity. In the pre activity, the researcher invited
the students to brainstorm by asking questions related to the materials. In this activity, the students could also watch a video related to the materials. While in
the whilst activity, the researcher explained a handout about the materials. Then, the researcher divided the students in three group sections: home group part 1,
expert group, and home group part 2. In the post activity, the researcher concluded and gave feedback to the students about the lesson.
6. Observing
It was conducted in the same time with the acting step. The researcher obtained the data from three instruments such as, video tape recordings, a
students’ participation checklist, and observation sheets. In this step, the researcher analyzed the data through those instruments.
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7. Reflecting
After analyzing the data, the researcher made a reflection in order to get better result in the next cycle. In this step, the researcher made the reflection based
on the field notes result. Furthermore, the researcher made the problem solutions for the next cycle. In the last cycle, the researcher used a questionnaire and
interviews to make the reflection.
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CHAPTER IV RESEARCH FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION
This chapter consists of three sections. The first section reveals the result of the preliminary study. The second reveals the description of the implementation
of the jigsaw technique. The third reveals how the jigsaw technique improved the students’ participation. The findings were obtained from a students’ participation
checklist, field notes, an observation sheet, a questionnaire and interviews. In this research, the researcher conducted three meetings for three cycles.
Each cycle consisted of planning, acting, observing, and reflecting. The first cycle was conducted on Wednesday, March 13, 2013. The second cycle conducted on
Monday, March 18, 2013. The third cycle was on Wednesday, April 3, 2013.
A. Preliminary Study
The researcher conducted preliminary study twice in class VII.10. The first observation was on Friday, February 15, 2013 at 10.10 up to 10.50. The second
observation was on Wednesday, February 20, 2013 at 10.10 up to 11.30. There were 30 students: 16 girls and 14 boys in this class. The researcher discussed the
preliminary study result in three parts. They were first observation result, second observation result, and preliminary study discussion.
1. First Observation Result
First observation resul t includes two parts. They are teacher’s observation
and students’ observation.
