Research Method Research Setting Research Participants

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CHAPTER III METHODOLOGY

This section discusses the essential points for research such as the research method which was applied in conducting the research, the subjects of the research and the setting in which the research took place, the data gathering technique, and the data analysis.

A. Research Method

Research is a scientific approach to a problem. It aims to discover answers to meaningful question. As it is scientific, a researcher should produce reliable information. Ary Jacobs, Razavieh, 2002: pp. 2 The discovery can be done through an exploration of experience. The exploration is formal and technical, but it is not necessarily so. Brown and Rodgers, 2002: pp. 3 One of the ways to explore is gathering from the object of the research by employing survey research method. The study focused on discovering the level of the Microteaching student’s teacher personal efficacy and determining its influence on motivation to be Teacher. Thus, the study needed data in large amount which could be collected by conducting a survey research as Ary et al 2002 state that survey research is a research that utilizes instrument like questionnaire “to gather information from groups of subjects.” Surveys allow researchers to “measure attitude and opinions towards PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI 28 some issues” Ary et al, 2002. Therefore, the researcher conducted a survey research. The researcher distributed questionnaires to the Microteaching students of the English Language and Education Study Program at Sanata Dharma University, Yogyakarta. The distribution was conducted when students attended the last meeting of the Microteaching Course. The respondents were the students who were registered in the Microteaching Course in academic year of 20102011.

B. Research Setting

The research was conducted in 5 five Microteaching Class of English Language and Education Study Programme at Sanata Dharma university. The research was conducted from June 7, 2011 to June 9, 2011.

C. Research Participants

The participants were the Microteaching students of English Language Education Study Program at Sanata Dharma University. Those students were in the Microteaching Course in year of 20102011. The study made use of the total population of the students. The total population of the participants was selected due to the different lecturers the participants had. Besides, total population will serve richer data to discover. However, this study was not to compose any judgment over the lecturers the participants have. Nonetheless, the study could gather only five of the total six classes of Microteaching Course. It was due to the occurrence of another researcher in a class at the same time this study was conducted. Therefore, the total participants of the study were 112 participants. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI 29

D. Research Instruments