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CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
A. Place and Time of Study
The research was carried out at the tenth grade of the students at SMA N I Karanganyar in the academic year of 2010 2011. It is located at Jl. A. W.
Mongonsidi no. 03, Karanganyar. It is near the city of Karanganyar. There are some schools surrounding this school, such as MI Karanganyar, SMK N 1
Karanganyar, MAN Karanganyar, and SMA Muhammadiyah. The situation around this school was very crowded in every morning, the time for break, and the
time for students going home. There are nine classrooms for the tenth grade. Each classroom is completed by a set of computer, LCD, air conditioner, white board
and board-marker, the pictures of Indonesian president and vice president, and a calendar. The facilities are very useful to support the teaching learning process.
The research was held from January to February 2011. The schedule of the research is as follows:
No. Date
Time Activity
1. November 2010
-- Preliminary Observation
2. Wednesday, 12
th
January 2011 12.00-13.00 Pre-test
3. Wednesday, 19
th
January 2011 12.00-13.30 First meeting in cycle I
4. Friday, 28
th
January 2011 09.30-11.00 Second meeting in cycle I
5. Wednesday, 2
nd
February 2011 12.00-13.30 Third meeting in cycle I
6. Saturday, 5
th
February 2011 08.40-09.15 Post-test cycle I
7. Wednesday, 8
th
February 2011 12.00-13.30 First meeting in cycle II
8. Friday, 11
th
February 2011 09.30-11.00 Second meeting in cycle II
9. Saturday, 12
th
February 2011 08.30-09.15 Third meeting in cycle II
10. Wednesday, 16
th
February 2011 12.00-12.50 Post-test cycle II
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B. The Subject of Research
The subject of this research was the students of class X. 1 of SMA Negeri I Karanganyar. The number of the students of the class is 34 students; 22 female
students or 64.71 percent, and 12 male students or 35.29 percent. Most of the students come from Karanganyar, and some of them come from other cities such
as Bali and West Java.
C. The Method of the Research
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