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CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
A. The Place and Time of the Research
This research spent nine months started from Mei up to June 2012. The place was at grade VIII of SMP Ash-Sholihin Kebon Jeruk 20112012
Academic Year.
B. The Method of the Research
The method used in this study is Classroom Action Research CAR. The central idea of the action part of CAR is to intervene in a deliberate way
in the problematic situation in order to bring about changes and, even better, improvements in practice. Action research is portrayed as a cyclical or spiral
process involving steps of planning, acting, observing, and reflecting. These four phases must be done by the writer to get the result of the research.
C. The Subject and the Object of the Research
1. The Subject of the Research
The subjects of the study were students at grade VIII of SMP Ash- Sholihin Kebon Jeruk 20112012 Academic Year. The number of students
consists of 32 students.
2. The Object of the Research
The objects of this study were first, the jigsaw technique to improve students’ reading comprehension in terms of narrative text. The
second wa s the result of students’ achievement in learning reading of
narrative text at the class VIII of SMP Ash-Sholihin Kebon Jeruk.
D. The Writer’s Role on the Research
In the study the writer was not only as an observer, she arranged the schedule together with the teacher. In the action, the writer also made lesson
planning and the assessment or the test before Classroom Action Research CAR pre-test and after Classroom Action Research CAR post-test in each
final cycle. On the other side as the teacher, she carried out the action based upon the lesson planning has been arranged. Furthermore, the writer also
analyzed data then reports the result of the study.
E. The Research Design
The writer used a classroom action research designed by Kurt Lewin. It consist of two cycles in which each cycle contains four phases; planning,
acting, observing, and reflecting.
Figure 3.1 Kurt Lewin’s Action Research Design Planning
Acting
Observing Reflecting
Acting
Observing Reflecting
Planning CYCLE 1
CYCLE 2