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CHAPTER V CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS

This chapter consists of two major sections. In the first part, which was conclusions, the researcher presents the summary of the research finding. The second part was suggestion as the benefit of this research.

A. Conclusions

The first problem was dealing with the coherence of learning activities and learning objectives. Based on the study which investigate the lesson plans designed by seven students from different microteaching classes, the researcher found that five out of seven lesson plans being analyzed reflects the coherence of learning activities and learning objectives. The coherence could be seen from two things. The first one was the formulation of learning objective, whether it had been derived from basic competence, covered three learning domains as proposed by Bloom 1964, and fulfilled the criteria of clearly stated learning objectives as proposed by Pasch et al. 1991. The second one was the design of learning activities whether it had fulfilled the six principal as proposed by Pasch et al. 1991. The researcher analyzed again the design of learning activities and learning objectives to answer the second problem. It deals with the problems that might occur in designing coherent learning activities and learning objectives. The researcher found out some problems as follows: 82 1. The learning objectives did not cover the three domains cognitive, affective, psychomotor as proposed by Bloom 1964. 2. The learning objectives did not fulfill the criteria of clearly stated learning objectives as proposed by Pasch et al. 1991. 3. The learning objectives did not derive from the competence standard. 4. The instructions of the learning activities were unclear. 5. The design of learning activities did not fulfill the congruence principle. 6. The design of learning activities did not fulfill the organization principle. 7. The design of learning activities did not fulfill the variety principle. 8. The design of learning activities did not fulfill the higher level of thinking principle. Finally, more than a half or most of lesson plans designed by microteaching students had shown coherent learning activities and learning objectives. They had good preparation so that it is expected to achieve the successful learning. However, they still need improvement in formulating the learning objectives which cover three learning domains, present the audience, behavior, condition and degree of learning, and derive from the competence standard. They should also be careful in writing the instruction in the design of learning activities. They also need improvement in implementing the congruence, organization, variety and the higher level of thinking principle in designing the learning activities. 83

B. Suggestion