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In order to calculate the selected-response questionnaire, the descriptive statistics is needed. The form of the descriptive statistics is:
Frequency of Occurence
Central Tendency NO
Respondent Evaluation 1
2 3
4 5
N Mean
Note: N: Number of cases respondents To obtain mean, the formula is written as follows:
M =
Σ X N
M: mean; Σ: sum of; X: values; N: number of values.
“Central tendency can be defined as the propensity of a set of numbers to cluster around a particular value,” Brown and Rodgers, 2002. The central
tendency in the table is useful to find out the average score mean of the answers given by the respondents on the selected-response questionnaire. The scores show
whether the design of was good or not.
G. Procedures
The writer conducted some procedures to find out the data based on the methods used. The procedures of the research have been mentioned in
methodology. The steps of the research are in the Educational Research and Development.
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First, step was conducting an informal interview to the English teachers of SD Tarakanita
Magelang. This step was aimed at collecting research and information about students of fifth grade SD Tarakanita. The result was regarded
as needs survey. Second step was analyzing the data and survey results. This step carried
out after conducting the interview. The analyzed data was considered as needs analysis. Then the writer made some plans on the materials. This step was carried
out based on the general purposes, topics, learning objectives, and syllabus which were suitable for fifth grade students and in accordance with the curriculum for
Elementary School. This stage is to prepare for designing English materials for fifth grade students.
The realization of the plans was designing English instructional materials for fifth grade SD Tarakanita Magelang. The writer employed sources which
suitable for students based on the needs analysis from the respondent. The design was called the product.
The next step was to test the product by distributing questionnaire to the three English teachers and one lecturer of English Education Study program. This
step aimed to improve and revise the materials. The result of the questionnaire considered as product evaluation. Then in evaluation step, the writer revised the
design by adding and reducing some activities. After revising and improving the designed materials, then the writer presented the final materials design. Below
was the diagram representing the procedures which combining the steps in chapter two and RD.
