29 phenomena. A descriptive research study could use both qualitative and
quantitative approach. Hence, when planning a descriptive research study, researchers should be familiar with both qualitative and quantitative approach and
also description so that researchers can choose the best approach that suits to their purposes. Because of that reason, after having the research question, the
researcher chose qualitative approach and descriptive research study as the best approach.
The research question of this research is “what are the problems faced by
ELESP students when implementing Scientific Approach during Practice Teaching Program?
” This type of question is suited to descriptive research study. According to Gall, Gall, and Borg 2003, in descriptive research, a question type
of “what is” is very concerned with the nature of descriptive study. Furthermore,
in this study, the researcher used survey to collect the data. According to Fraenkel and Wallen 2009, when conducting survey, researchers can get
respondents’ opinion, belief, experience, and perception. Since, this study aimed to get
respondents ’ experience in implementing Scientific Approach, so the researcher
chose survey as the data collection method.
B. Research Setting
The research was conducted in the eighth semester of the 20152016 academic year. The data gathering was done four times since there were five
respondents in this study. The first data gathering was held on Tuesday, May 17
th
2016 at 7 P.M.; the second was on Wednesday, May 18
th
2016 at 11 A.M.; the PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
30 next was on Thursday, May 19
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2016 and the last was held on May 28
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2016 at 11.30 A.M. The setting was in Sanata Dharma University campus since the
respondents were the eighth semester students of ELESP of Sanata Dharma University. The researcher conducted interview to the respondents and asked them
to make reflection for gathering the data.
C. Research Participants
The aim of this study is to investigate the problems faced by English Language Education Study Program ELESP students. The researcher chose the
ELESP students from batch 2012 who had experienced doing Practice Teaching Program and implemented Scientific Approach in the schools as the respondents.
Therefore, the respondents were five students from eighth semester of ELESP. In this study, the researcher named the participants using initials, namely Aw, Gs,
Dt, Fo, and Ant. These initials would be used in the next chapter, in Finding and
Discussion.
In order to choose the participants, the researcher used purposeful sampling technique. According to Lodico, Spaulding and Voegtle 2006, the
sampling procedure which is oftenly used in qualitative research is purposeful sampling. Purposeful sampling is a procedure where the researcher analyzes the
people who are familiar and have specific knowledge about the topic. The participants have some specific knowledge about the topic being investigated. In
this research, the participants had already experienced Practice Teaching Program and they also implemented 2013 Curriculum in their teaching practice. Therefore,
31 they had known the knowledge about Scientific Approach which became the main
focus in this research. Moreover, they also had implemented Scientific Approach when they had Practice Teaching Program. Lambert and Lambert 2012 add that
qualitative descriptive researchers may use purposeful sampling techniques because they could get rich information for the purpose of saturating the data.
D. Research Instruments and Data Gathering Techniques
