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CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
This chapter presents the time and place of the study, the method of the study, the subject of the study, the writer’s role in the study, the research design,
the classroom action research CAR procedures, the technique of collecting data, the technique of data analysis and the criteria of the action success and hypothesis.
A. Place and Time Research
The writer did classroom Action Research CAR on September 2011. This research takes place at MTS. SoebonoMantofaniJombang, Ciputat which is
located at Jl. Sumatra no 75 Jombang, Ciputat, Tangerang Selatan.
B. Research Method and Design
The writer uses classroom Action research CAR in this study, so she follows principles of CAR to collect the data. The CAR procedures use in this research is
Kurt Lewin’s design. It consists of two cycles in which each cycles contains four
phases: Planning, Acting, Observing and Reflecting.
CYCLE 1
CYCLE 2
Figure 3.1 Kurt Lewins’ CAR Design
Planning Acting
Reflecting Observing
Planning Acting
Reflecting Observing
1. Cycle I
In the cycle I, the writer did planning, acting, observing and reflecting. a.
Planning This phase, the writer planed some activities which had broken down
into: curriculum study, programming and planning of learning which involves the application of the meetings, preparing material tools,
preparing lesson plan, preparing evaluation tools. b.
Acting In acting phase, the writer doing learning preposition of place
material through Total Physical Response, giving post-test cycle I to the students, observing, which includes the following activities,
c. Observing
Observing the students activities during learning activities, rewriting the events that appear on the students during learning
activities and observation data collected during the execution of learning activities.
d. Reflecting
Here the writer did analyzing data from the implementing of action, evaluating the implementation of measures that have been done
on the cycle I and planning the actions for the second cycle
2. Cycle II
a. Planning
In this phase, the writer did planning the learning implementation consisting of one meeting, making the material preposition of place
instrument, preparing the research instrument and preparing the evaluation tools
b. Acting
Here, the writer implementing learning activity of preposition of place material through TPR, giving the post-questionnaire and giving
post-test cycle II to the students.