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CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHOD

This chapter consists of research methodology started from the type of the study, the population and sample, setting, instruments of the study, data collection, data analysis techniques and research procedures.

A. Type of the Study

The purpose of this study is to develop a product for students of International Mathematics Education that can be used as an English reading course book. Borg and Gall 1983 state that the term ‘product’ is not always about materials such as text books, videos but also the learning method and learning organization. Hence, this study is categorized as Research and Development. The purpose of research and development study is to develop effective products to be used in educational programs.

B. Population and Sample of the Study

In this research, the population is the students of International Mathematics Education study program. These students are in the 4 th and 6 th semesters which consist of 37 students.

C. Setting of the Study

This study was conducted at Yogyakarta State University, Faculty of Mathematics and Science from April up to May 2015. The campus is located in Karangmalang street, Sleman District, Province of Yogyakarta Special Territory.

D. Instruments of the Study

Instruments are needed in gaining the data when doing a research. There are some types of instruments that can be used in gathering the data. It is based on the type of the study. In this research, the instruments used in gathering the data were the needs analysis questionnaire and the expert judgment questionnaire. The first questionnaire is needs analysis questionnaire. The purpose of this questionnaire is to find out the data about the target needs and learning needs. The organization of this questionnaire is adapted from Graves 2000, Hutchinson and Waters 1987 and Nunan 2004. Table 4: The Organization of the Needs Analysis Questionnaire No Aspects The Items number Purpose of the Question References 1 Students’ personal identity B To find some information concerning on the learners’ identity Graves 2000:103 Hutchinson and Waters 1987:63 Target Needs 2 Goals 1, 4 To find some information about learners’ goal in learning English Graves 2000:104 Kurikulum Pendidikan Matematika Internasional 3 Necessities 2, 3 To find some information about Hutchinson and Waters