Research and Information Collecting Planning Develop Preliminary Form of Product Preliminary Field Testing

28 but also to develop the product on education. The research is done to develop materials, methods and technique for learning and teaching. The area of research actually is used in school. In this case, the R D is conducted in SMA Seminari Pius XII Kisol, Manggarai Timur, Flores, especially for the students of grade XI. Through this research the writer searched the materials that were used in Seminari Pius XII Kisol. The writer spread the questionnaire to the students to know their needs and their background knowledge. Based on the students need analysis, the writer would develop proposed materials for learning. The proposed materials would be evaluated by students, teachers and lecturers. The purpose of research was to gain information and data related to writing materials given to the students of grade XI in Seminari Pius XII Kisol and to develop the materials for the students. The process of educational research and development had ten steps, namely research and information collecting, planning, develop preliminary form of the product, preliminary field testing, main product revision, main field testing, operational product revision, operational field testing, final product revision, and dissemination and implementation of the product as a final design. In developing the research, the writer just used the first five steps as mentioned above. The five processes can be explained as follows:

1. Research and Information Collecting

Research and information collecting includes review of literature and classroom observations. This step consists of three main parts, namely 1 an 29 overall narrative description about the proposed product, 2 a tentative outline of the part of the product and how it will be used and 3 a specific statement about the objectives of the product. This process would be done to gather research findings and other information related to the planned product. In implementing the process, the data would be gathered by collecting literature related to the proposed product and conducting the students’ need analysis. The data would be used to know students’ characteristics, their background knowledge, the source of the materials and the ways of teaching the materials, and their needs.

2. Planning

Planning step includes defining skills, stating objectives and determining course sequence. The aspects that are integrated in planning basically based on the result of the research and information collecting. The research and information collecting would be the basis in determining the objectives and subject content. The data were also used to develop the material and to identify the process of learning.

3. Develop Preliminary Form of Product

The process consists of preparation of instructional materials, handbooks and evaluation devices that can be tested in preliminary field testing stage. The educational product should be structured and provide more procedures that obtain feedbacks for evaluation. 30

4. Preliminary Field Testing

It is the step of evaluating the designed materials. It can be done by distributing interview checklist, questionnaire and observation. The data would be collected and analyzed. The result of evaluation can be useful for revising and improving the designed materials.

5. Main Product Revision