Data and Data Sources The Subjects of the Research

Table 3.2 Types of Software Used No Questions 1 2 3 4 5 12 Do you use cellphone mail? 13 Do you use internet? 14 Do you use multimedia? 15 Do you use blog? 16 Do you use chat? 17 Do you use PC mail? 18 Do you use video chat? 19 Do you use internet games? 20 Do you use file sharing? 21 Do you use graphics? 22 Do you use wiki? 23 Do you use word processing? 24 Do you use data base? 25 Do you usecomputer presentation? 26 Do you use forums? 27 Do you use spread sheet? 28 Do you use website design? 2. Motivational orientation scale was the questionnaire for collecting the data of students’ type of motivation relating to their personal weblog publishing activity. This instrument was an adaptation of academic motivation scale from Noels, Pelletier, Clement and Vallerand 2000. Picture 3.1 is the screen shot of the blank personal weblog motivation scale. Picture 3.1 Students’ Motivational Orientation on Personal Weblog Publishing 3. Learning autonomy questionnaire was the questionnaire to collect the data of students’ learning autonomy on their personal weblog publishing activity. This instrument was an adaptation of Arikan and Bakla 2011. Picture 3.2 is the screen shot of the learning autonomy questionnaire on personal weblog publishing activity. Picture 3. 2 Learning Autonomy Questionnaire on Personal Weblog Publishing 4. Students’ perception questionnaire was the questionnaire to collect the data of students’ perception on the class bulletin blog publishing for the best writings, and students’ general perception on blogging activities. This instrument was an adaptation of Arikan and Bakla 2011 . Picture 3.3 Students’ Perception on the Class Bulletin Blog Publishing

3.5.2 Students’ Writing Scores

The students’ writing scores were taken from the students’ final drafts scores from their first essays, and the students’ personally- weblog-published final drafts of their second essays. These essays were developing various types of idea organizations generic structures, namely: 1. Essay on social scrutiny and or natural disaster theme, with the cause- effect analysis or process analysis idea organization types. 2. Essay on education, culture or technology theme, with the classification or comparison and contrast idea organization types. These drafts were scored holistically. To maintain the reliability, these drafts were scored by three raters who were the researcher’s fellow lecturers at STBA Teknokrat Lampung.