Accounting Learning Activities Operational Definition

43 b Teacher explain the material regarding the bond payable with power point. c The teacher gives assignments to be done in a group. d Students work the problem given the teacher together and discussions to solve the problem. e Group representation present the results of the discussion. f Teacher ensure students mastery level by means of asking questions to the students and also provides an opportunity ask students. 3 Closing a Teacher gave a post-test to the students and carried out by individuals. b Teacher gave instruction to students to note the material in the form of mind map and done it with their group. c Teacher with students made a conclusion for the material have been learned. d Teacher gave an explanation to the students to study the matter further and closed the classroom with regards. e Teacher scored the pre-test and post-test to know the score of each student’s progress and category of each group. f Teacher announced the team category obtained by each group. c. Observation 44 Observations made during the learning process by using the observation sheets that have been prepared and recorded the events that occurred during the learning process by using the field note. Observations made by two observers, each observer responsible for observing 16 students. d. Reflection The researcher conducted a reflection to determine weaknesses and disadvantages that occurred during the execution of the cycle I. After knowing weakness on cycle I, the researcher devised a solution to improve the activities that have not been fullest in cycle I. 2. Cycle II Cycle II was drawn up after the cycle I done, cycle II fixes the disadvantages of the cycle I. Cycle phase of the cycle II equal to the cycle I include planning, action, observation, and reflection.

F. Data Collection Techniques

A data collection technique used in the class action research, as follows:

1. Observation

The observation that have been conducted by researcher is a participatory observation. Participatory observation is observation where the researcher is involved with the daily activities of people who observed or used as a source of research data while conducting observation, the researcher come along doing what is done by the data source and feel like grief. With this participatory observation, then the data obtained will be