Then, the instruments for the secondary data are presented below.
3.3.2 Qualitative Data Instruments
There are two instruments that would be used to gain the qualitative data. All of them will be discussed below.
3.3.2.1 Observation Checklist
In this study, the researcher used observation checklist to measure the students‟ attitude during the treatments. There were five indicators in this observation checklist see
Appendix 14. They were students‟ attendance, students‟ response in answering the teacher‟s questions, students‟ attention in teacher‟s explanation, students‟ participation
in playing the game, and students‟ interest. The score of each aspect was classified into five categories: they were 5=very good, 4= good, 3= fair, 2= poor and 1= very poor.
3.3.2.2 Questionnaire
Questionnaire is a series of written questions which is used to gain information from the respondents toward information they know about Arikunto, 2010:p.194. According to
Burns 2009:p.82, there are two kinds of questionnaires. They are close-ended and open-ended. In the close-ended questionnaire, the items have limited choice of answers.
This kind of questionnaire consists of yesno or truefalse, rating scales, numerical scales, multiple choice, and ranking scales.
This study used a close-ended questionnaire, which was yesno questionnaire see Appendix 15. It was given after the Cycle 2 Post-Test. The purpose of the
questionnaire was to know the students‟ opinion after they were given two treatments.
3.5 Methods of Collecting Data
There were a series of steps that researcher did in collecting both primary and secondary data. All of the steps are explained below.
3.5.1 Methods of Quantitative Data Collection
There were six tests in this study and they would be tested based on the Action Research stages. First, the Initial Pre-Test and the Final Post-Test would be tested at the beginning
and the end of the cyclical activities in this study. Second, the Cycle 1 Pre-Test and Cycle 1 Post
–Test would be given at the beginning and the end of the first cycle. Then, the Cycle 2 Pre-Test and Cycle 2 Post-Test would be given at the beginning and the end
of the second cycle. The methods in analyzing the tests were explained in the next subchapter.
3.5.2 Methods of Qualitative Data Collection
The students‟ attitude during the teaching and learning process was recorded by using observation checklist. It was conducted in the Cycle 1 treatment and Cycle 2 treatment.
Then, the students were asked to answer the questionnaire that had been prepared before. It was
used to collect students‟ response towards the teaching and learning
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