Research Type RESEARCH METHODS

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CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODS

This chapter provides the research type, research setting, data collection analysis, validity and reliability, and procedure of the research. Each is presented below.

A. Research Type

The type of the research is Action Research AR in which AR involves taking a self-reflective, critical, and systematic approach to exploring the teaching contexts. Burns 2010: 2 proposes that Action Research AR can be a very valuable way to extend our teaching skills and gain more understanding of ourselves as teachers, our classrooms and our students. In AR, a teacher becomes an ‘investigator’ or ‘explorer’ of his or her personal teaching context, while at the same time being one of the participants in it. So, one of the main aims of AR is to identify a ‘problematic’ situation or issue that the participants – who may include teachers, students, managers, administrators, or even parents – consider worth looking into more deeply and systematically. And the central idea of the action part of AR is to intervene in a deliberate way in the problematic situation in order to bring about changes and, even better, improvements in practise. This research was done to improve writing skills using CF. During the research, the teachers helped the students to do any writing skill on their own. Firstly, students were asked to make a text. They were free to open all books they have. Then, after finishing the text, they were asked to change their product with 33 their friend, and their friend should give their text feedback. After that, the text was revised by the writer and they had to collect it right after. Then, the texts were corrected again by the teacher. If there was any mistake, the teacher gave them another feedback. The next meeting, the teacher gave the text back to the students and asked them to revise their text again. Lastly, the text was submitted to the teacher as a final-draft. By using this method, students could understand writing skills by analysing others’ product of writing. The students may ask for more explanation and guidance from the teachers. Informal surveys, observations and interviews are used to determine subject growth and the student’s opinions about the technique. Formal tests are used to make the final conclusion.

B. Research Setting