Research Validity and Reliability
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Reconnaissance The objective of this stage was to find facts and information on the
problems in the field about the students’ writing ability. In order to find the
information, the researcher conducted an observation and interviews with the English teacher and some of the students. The researcher then conducted a pre-
testto measure the students ’ writing skill. After identifying the problems gained
from the interview, observation, and pre-test, the researcher planned actions to overcome the problems related to the students’ writing ability.
2. Planning
The researcher and the collaborator worked together to find the solutions that were feasible to overcome the problems. They planned to use picture series as
media in teaching writing to over come the students’ writing ability problems.
3. Action and observation
In this step, the researcher implemented the action and the collaborators, who were also acted as the observers, observed, and took notes during the process.
She then collected the data based on what happened during the teaching and learning process. The researcher and collaborators then reviewed the materials,
reviewed the result of the action and did discussions for the next action. 4.
Reflection The researcher and the collaborators made reflections related to the
actions implemented. It was done by interviewing the students and the teacher about the action implemented. The reflections were used to know the successful
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reapplied and the unsuccessful one would be changed to suit the needs.
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