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students’ writing products.
5 Reflection In the last step, the researcher and the collaborator evaluated the processes and the
results of the implementation of the Quantum Learning Strategy in teaching writing. Finally, from the findings and interpretations, the conclusions and
suggestions of the research were made. The reflection was conducted by interviewing the students and the collaborator about their responses to the actions.
The successful actions were used and reapplied in the next cycle, but those which were unsuccessful were changed or improved into the more suitable ones.
F. Data Analysis Technique
The data analysis technique used by the researcher was according to Burns 1999:156 which consists of assembling the data, coding the data, comparing the
data, building meanings and interpretations, and reporting the outcomes. The steps can be elaborated as follows.
1 Assembling the data The researcher collected all the data from the observation, the interviews, and the
tests which had been conducted. Those data were field notes, interview transcripts, and the students’ scores in both the assessments during the cycles and
the pre-test and post-test.
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2 Coding the data
In this stage, the large amounts of the data were reduced into more manageable categories.
The unimportant data was removed.
The purpose of coding the data was to be able to identify the patterns more specifically.
It was done to make the data easier to be analyzed.
3 Comparing the data The researcher compared some data with other data to see the similarities and the
contrast between one response to another response before and after the actions. The researcher also c
ompared the students’ scores in the pre-test and the post-test. It was done by comparing the average score of both tests.
4 Building meanings and interpretations The researcher and the collaborator tried to carefully develop explanations and
interpretations from the data collected based on the comparison that had been made.
5 Reporting the outcomes In this final step, the researcher reported the results of the research through
writing the thesis. The quantitative data was analyzed by comparing the mean values of the
students’ scores in the pre-test and the post-test using SPSS Statistics 16.0. The pre- test and the post-test scores were compared using Paired Sample T-test to see if the
Quantum Learning Strategy influenced the students’ writing skills.
