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4. Teaching Performance and Improvement
The feedback on students’ teaching performance provides information about how well they teach what they can improve to teach the pupils better.
By means of microteaching, students wish to improve their performance through the series of activities provided Allen and Ryan, 1985.
The previous studies at Stanford Fortune, Cooper, and Allen, 1967; Cooper and Stroud, 1967 found that over two hundred students found
significant improvements in planning, clarity of explanations, use of pupil ideas and positive reinforcement Brown, 1978:17. Every elements of
microteaching like students, the supervisor, and the observers experienced an improvement on their teaching performance.
B. Theoretical Framework
Considering the idea above, the writer attempted to find the answer of three research questions that has been stated in Chapter 1. In answering the
first question, the writer referred to a theory of feedback by Woolfolk 1987. The theory explained that feedback can be conveyed in oral and written
forms. The writer also used the theory of feedback by Lewis 2002 which explained the way and the forms of feedback. Using the theories, the writer
attempted to see the way the lecturer gave feedback in Microteaching classes. For the second question, the writer focused on some theories of feedback.
The first was the theory of feedback by Paul Black and Dylan Williams 1998 which stated that feedback was the most important factor on students’
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achievement. The theory was used to observe how the students of Microteaching classes perceived the feedback. Second, the writer used a
theory by Smith 1987 about how feedback can facilitate behavioral changes and that the result of feedback facilitates improvements. It was to see how
feedback contributed in students’ teaching performance in Microteaching class. The writer used supervisor theory by Allen and Ryan 1969, which
explained supervisors are teaching and research assistant that normally had a minimum of three years of classroom experience. Furthermore, Carl D.
Glickman mentioned that “most supervisors are former teachers” 1985:76. Another theory that was used in this research was a theory by Switzer 1976
as cited by Turney that supervisor had influence on the development of the students. Those theories were to discover how students respond to the
feedback which was given to the students, especially by the lecturers. A The last research question was what the students of Microteaching classes
suggested to the lecturers in giving the feedback in Microteaching classes. To answer the question, the writer made use a theory by Harmer 2007 which
clearly mentioned that feedback was what students wanted and expected from their lecturers. Kinicki 2008 also mentioned that students had an intention to
know how they performed. In brief, students might have some suggestions for the lecturers to gain the optimal feedback they need. Referring to the theory,
the writer would like to find out what suggestions the students had for the lecturers.
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CHAPTER 3 METHODOLOGY
This chapter discusses the methodology used by the writer in conducting the study in order to discover the answer of the research questions
stated in chapter I. The methodology will be presented in six sections which are research method, participants, instruments, data gathering technique, data analysis
technique, and the research procedure.
A. Research Method
The research was intended to answer three research questions. Those three questions are: “What is the feedback from the lecturers?”, “What are the students’
perceptions on the lecturers’ feedback in improving students’ teaching performance in Microteaching class?”, and “What are the suggestions for the
lecturers in giving feedback to the students?”. In this research, the writer used survey method. Survey is used to measure
attitudes, opinions, or achievements-any number of variables in natural settings Wiersma, 1995.
“[S]urvey research … is the method of collecting information by
asking a set of preformulated questions in a predetermined sequence in a structured questionnaire to a sample of individuals drawn so as to be
representative of a defined population.
Hutton 1990, p.8 Implementing the survey research, the writer attempted to discover the
Microteaching students’ perception on the supervisors’ feedback in improving
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