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situation also affected them in giving peer feedback. Observation through one way mirror also affected the students in giving comment or feedback to their friends.
They thought that sometimes they felt that one-way mirror became one of their barriers to give the best comments to their peer. It was because sometimes they
could not see and hear clearly what their peer performed and said.
“Actually, my difficulty is only related to the time given in doing peer feedback. Based on my experience, the lecturer did not give sufficient time
for us to do peer feedback.” Participant 14, appendix 4 “…..Trus selain itu, mood kita juga mempengaruhi. Apalagi kelas micro
kan sore, jadi kadang-kadang kita dah capek duluan. Jadi nggak konsen pas ngasih feedback, capek dan pikiran dah penuh banget, nah akibatnya
kita juga jadi kadang-kadang asal-
asalan pas ngasih feedbacknya” Besides, our mood really affects the way we gave feedback to our peers.
Moreover, the class did in the afternoon so that that we already feel tired. In consequence, we often lost concentration when we gave feedback to our
peers and the feedback is invalid. Participant 1, Appendix 6
Another difficulty was the students’ background knowledge. Background
knowledge is important in making decision or perception. In this research, the researcher found that it is difficult for some students to give peer feedback to their
friends because they had no sufficient background knowledge “Sometimes, I felt
not sure about the standard in teaching. ” They sometimes felt confused what
should be commented because everything seemed good. They need to be given a brief explanation about what they should do during peer feedback. As stated in
Chapter II, one factor influencing perception is the background knowledge or past experience. If students have no clear picture in their mind, then it will influence
their action.
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The s tudents’ self-confidence also affected students’ perception. Some
participants said that they were not confident to give comment to their peer because some of them felt that they were imperfect
“I am not perfect, so I cannot give feedback. I know that I cannot be better than them
” Participant 9, Appendix 4. This showed that some students have negative self-concept of themselves.
According to Altman et al. 1985: 90, self-concept is very important because it influences individual in perceiving something. The condition when students are
not confident in doing peer feedback will influence their mind to set “difficult situation”. That is doing peer feedback is difficult for those who are not confident.
The next difficulty is related to students’ emotion. The result from the
questionnaire showed that the students thought that giving peer feedback was difficult because they did not want to make their friends disappointed and angry to
them. They were also afraid of making their friends sad and down after reading their feedback. Here, students were influenced by their emotion. Emotion is one
factor influencing people’s perception Gibson et al., 1985. Because of being afraid of making their peer disappointed, the students decided to give good
feedback although they did not tell the truth. It proves that emotion really influences people perception.
“When I give feedback to my peers, I feel confuse because in one side I want my peer can improve their weaknesses, but sometimes I feel she
need good mark.” Participant 22, Appendix 4
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