CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
This chapter is presented to describe research methodology that used in this skripsi. This chapter concerns with the method of research, subject, and object
of the study, time and place, research design, the Classroom Action Research CAR procedures, the technique of collecting data, the technique of data analysis,
the validity of data, the trustworthiness of study, and the criterion of the action success.
A. The Method of Research
In this study, the writer uses Classroom Action Research CAR method. According to Mills, he defined action research as follows:
Action research is any systematic inquiry conducted by teacher researchers, principals, school counselors, or other stakeholder in the
teaching learning environment to gather information about how their particular school operate, how they teach, and how well their students
learn. This information gathered with the goals of gaining insight, developing reflective practice, effective positive changes in the school
environment, and improving student outcomes and the lives of those involved.
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Based on the statement above, it can be assumed that action research is a research to get information about everything that happened in school and try to
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Geoffrey E. Mills, Action Research: A Guide for the Teacher Researcher, Ohio: Merrill Prentice Hall, 2003, p. 5.
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make a positive change in teaching learning activity and to improve students’ outcomes.
According to Sukidin, “Classroom Action Research is a research carried out by teacher to solve the problem that faced when teacher is doing his or her
duty, which is managing teaching learning activity.”
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It means that Classroom Action Research is used to solve any problems that happen in teaching learning
activity. So, the teacher should identify the problem that happened in the classroom concerned to the students’ condition in learning process. This is in line
with Wallace who said that action research is different from other research method which is always arises from some specific problem that happened in the
classroom and tries to find the possible solution.
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From those statements we can say that sometimes teacher will find problems in the classroom when doing the
teaching learning process, so the teacher’s duty is to find an appropriate method or strategy that suitable to overcome the problems that happened in teaching learning
activity. The teacher implements an action research because only the teacher who
knows the condition of hisher classroom, the students, and the problem that are faced by students during the teaching learning activities. The teacher understands
what the classroom should be, how to develop the students’ understanding in material and any other related things in teaching learning activity.
The writer sees that Classroom Action Research can give the teacher new opportunities to improve hisher skill in teaching and to asses hisher teaching.
Action research is one of the efforts of the teacher to overcome the problems that are faced by the students during the teaching learning activities. This effort
hopefully will improve the quality of the teacher in teaching.
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Sukidin, Manajemen Penelitian Tindakan Kelas, Jakarta: Insan Cendikia, 2007, p. 10.
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Michale J.Wallace Action Research for Language Teachers, Cambrigde: Cambridge University Press, 2006, pp. 5-15.
