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The Place and Time of the Study The Research Design

CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

This chapter presents the description of the research method used in this study. It consists of the place and time of the study, the research design, the population and sample, the research instrument, the role of writerresearcher in research, the stage of action intervention, the data and source of data, the techniques of collecting data, and the techniques of data analysis.

A. The Place and Time of the Study

The researcher did research at SMPN 2 Tarumajaya. He conducted this research at the school from 21 th of March 2011 to 11 th of April 2011.

B. The Research Design

This research is aimed to know the implementation of using clustering technique in teaching recount text and the students’ achievement in learning recount text through clustering. The design of this study is classroom action research CAR about using clustering technique to improve students’ writing of recount text. James H. McMillan and Sally Schumacher said that action research is the process of using reseach principels to provide information that educational professionals use to improve aspect of day-to-day practice. 1 Classroom action research has several cycles. In this research the researcher used three cycles which every cycle consists of four stages. 1. Planning The researcher and collaborator plan action based on the objective of research. Both researcher and collaborator prepare lesson planning and research instrument including written test and questionnaire. 2. Acting The second stage of this research is action, this is the implementation of planning which is made by the researcher and collaborator before. This stage is hoped could solve the students’ problems in writing recount text.

3. Observing

In order to get valid data, researcher and collaborator do the observation together. Observation is intended to observe and to record all activities or indicator during research process. 4. Reflecting In this stage, received data from observation is collected and analyzed by reseacher and collaborator. If there is found problems, it will move to the next cycle with the same concept as the first one; re-planning, re-acting and re-observing. The result will be used as reference for the next planning. 1 James H. McMillan and Sally Schumacher, Research in Education: Evidence-Based Inquiry, Boston: Pearson Education, Inc., 6 th Edition, 2006, p. 414 Figure 3.1 Figure of Classroom Action Reseach Design

C. The Population and Sample

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