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E. Data Collection Technique
In case of collecting the data of the research, the researcher needed the instrument. In this study, the researcher obtained the data by collecting
documents and conducting interview. In short, the process of collecting the data is specified below.
Table 3.2 Techniques for Collecting Data
Techniques Research Questions
Documentation Interview RQ 1: How do student teachers’ assessment
instruments fulfill the requirement of the standardization of cognitive or knowledge
competence assessment?
RQ 2: What are the causing factors that make student teacher unable to fulfill the indicator of
the standardization assessment?
1. Documentation Documentation is a wide range of written materials which can produce
qualitative information. They can be particularly useful in trying to understand the philosophy of an organization as may be required in action research and
case studies including policy documents, mission, annual, reports, minutes or meetings, codes of conduct, etc.
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It is used to answer the first research questionwhich need the assessment instrument document. The documents
needed of this research are obtained from student teachers.
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2. Interview Since the researcher needs the information from the student teachers’
perception regarding with the causing factor of their weakness point, interview is chosen as the data collection technique. Interview is discussions,
usually one-on-one between an interviewer and an individual; it is used to gather information on a specific set of topics.
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It is used to answer the second research question. In this case, unstructured interview is applied. After getting
the analysis of the assessment instrument, there will be the strength and weakness, here the researcher is going to find the causing factor of the
weakness in assessment instrument design. Every student teacher might have different weakness from their work, so the question of the interview will be
formed from the weakness point of their assessment instrument.
F. Research Instrument
Research instrument is the device used by investigators for analyzing data.
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Here the researcher attempted to measure the variable and the items of the research through rubrics and interview guidelines.
1. Rubrics Rubric which was used to analyze student teachers’ assessment
instrument was adapted from PenilaianAutentik book by Kunandar and
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GroupsMargaret, C. Harrell, Data Collection MethodsSemi-StructureInterviews and Focus National Research Defense Institute, 2009, 6.
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