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complete the group investigation. Both worksheets were then scored and appointed as students’ engagement level. The learning activity using the
EcoMUVE was assigned as independent variable.
B. Data Source
All participants were tenth grade students enrolled in a private bilingual boarding school located in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia. Total of 32, 10
th
grade female students from four different classes were assigned in this study. Those
participants were assigned purposively Fraenkel et al., 2011:100 by researcher, to assure that they were already familiar to the use of computers and software
prior to research. Participants were also informed about their involvement in the research and they complete a letter of consent. They were allowed to withdraw
themselves during the research. Participants were not given any compensation for their involvement in this research. Participants were then assigned into groups of
five to complete a learning session with the EcoMUVE during a two weeks period.
C. Research Design
This research was conducted using a mix of Qualitative and Quantitative Methods. Creswell Clark 2007:12 explained that the combination of both
methods provided a better understanding of research problems than either approach alone, since one method offers strength that offset weakness of
separately applied method as well as providing more comprehensive evidence of the phenomena under study. While the research design that was incorporated in
this research is the Embedded Experimental Model Design see Figure 3.1,
The quantitative part of this research was conducted using Pre-Experimental method, an experimental research method that only involve one group of
participant and do not include the use of random assignment of research sample
Fraenkel et al., 2011:275. This method was chosen because random assignment of subjects to treatment groups was not possible. The qualitative part of this
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research was conducted using a combination of observation, interview and content analysis Fraenkel et al., 2011: 445.
Figure 3.1 Embedded Experimental Model Design
Adapted from Creswell and Clark, 2007: 68
Information: quall before intervention
: participant observation and teacher interview
before the treatment QUAN premeasure
: pre-test of self-report questionnaire and
understanding of causality achievement test Intervention
: Learning activity via EcoMUVE.
qual during intervention
:
Student s’ entry of worksheet
QUAN postmeasure
:
post-test of self-report questionnaire and understanding of causality achievement
qual after intervention Students’ entry of reflective journal and result
of semi-structured interview Interpretation
Interpretation by merging both quantitative and qualitative data, with priority on quantitative
data.
D. Instrumentation
