30 20 statements. The scales were 1 absolutely negative comment, 2 negative
comment, 3 neutral, 4 positive comment and 5 absolutely positive comment. Moreover, the researcher also added the quantity of the students to know the
number of the students who followed every activity. Furthermore, after conducting the observation, the observers and the teacher had discussion related to
the findings of the observation checklist.
4. Questionnaire
In this research, the researcher would distribute the questionnaires to all students of class VII B SMP Pangudi Luhur St. Vincentius Sedayu after the
implementation of jigsaw method in order to obtain students‟ perspective whether or not jigsaw method could develop better learning activity for improving reading
competence. The researcher would use attitude scale which was Likert scale. According to Ary et al. 2010, Likert scale is:
A Likert scale assesses attitudes toward a topic by presenting a set of statements about the topic and asking respondents to indicate for each
whether they strongly agree, agrees, are undecided, disagree, or strongly disagree. They various agree
– disagree responses are assigned a numeric value, and the total scale score is found by summing the numeric responses
given to each item. This total score assesses the individual‟s attitude toward the topic p.209.
The researcher developed the questionnaire into two major topics: students‟ learning activity and students‟ reading competence see appendix C2.
Questions 1 until 8 were related to students‟ learning activity. The statements of
the students‟ learning activity were based on the learning activity in jigsaw method. Next, questions 9 until 16 were related t
o students‟ reading competence after the implementation of jigsaw method.
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5. Test
This instrument was used to measure students‟ progresses in their reading
competence after the action research. It would be conducted before and after the action research. From the test, the researcher would know the improvement of
reading competence before and after jigsaw method implementation. The test was in a form of multiple choices see appendix D. According to Johnson
Christensen 2012, the tests are commonly used in the quantitative research to measure the attitudes, the personality, the self-perceptions, the aptitude, and the
performance of the research participants.
E. Data Analysis Technique
