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D. Classroom Action Research Procedures
Kemmis and Mc Taggart “spiral” design in this research contains four phases within one cycle. They are planning, acting, observing, and reflecting. But
before entering the first phase planning, the writer took a preliminary study or reconnaissance. It is purposed to see the real condition of students and teacher
problem at school, so such unsatisfactory conditions is found and led the writer to diagnose what the problem is and how to minimize it. As Geoffrey E. Mills said
that these reconnaissance activities self-reflection, description, and explanation help teacher researchers clarify what they already know about proposed focus of
the study; what they believe to be true about relationships of the factors, variables, and contexts that make up their work environment; and what they believe can
improve the situation.
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The writer carried out four preliminary studies; they are interviewing the English teacher, giving questionnaire to the students regarding English vocabulary
learning, pre-observation teaching in the class, and get them pre-test to see their ability in comprehending the English words during learning activities with their
real teacher. Then, the writer begins the first cycle planning, acting, observing, and reflecting and go on the second cycle with the same steps.
1. Planning
Planning is a phase which the writer prepares the instructional strategy to be developed in the study to solve the instructional problem found
during the preliminary study. The instructional strategy has been selected based on her belief that the strategy can theoretically solve the problems. So,
after reviewing some literature she found that according to some expert semantic mapping strategy is one of the trustworthy strategies which can
improve and enrich students’ vocabulary mastery according to some experts. Semantic mapping strategy becomes the focus of this study to be prepared, to
be tried out, to be revised, and to be tried again until it proves effective to
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Geoffrey E. Mills, Action Research: A Guide for the Teacher Researcher. 2
nd
ed, New Jersey: Merril Prentice Hall, 2003 p. 28.
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solve the students’ learning vocabulary problem. The used instructional strategy has to be elaborated into a detailed lesson plan of instruction
provided with all necessary instructional media, resources, and assessment instruments to be implemented in I Electro B class at SMK Triguna Utama.
At this stage, criteria of success to measure the effectiveness of the strategy are also decided. The criteria of success are derived from the
problems to be solved through this study and some other instructional goals to be achieved through the implementation of this strategy. The criteria of
success when achieved become the strength of the strategy that will attract other teachers to use the strategy to solve the same problems. Based on what
have been discussed between the writer and the collaborator, thus the students have to pass the minimum mastery criterion KKMKriteria
Ketuntasan Minimal at the score 70 and it’s proven successfully when 21 of
28 students achieve score at 70 or above, means 75 of the students. It is based on the criteria of success that a good criterion is between 60 - 75
of the students.
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2. Acting
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