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CHAPTER III METHOD OF INVESTIGATION
The third chapter discusses the method of investigation. It contains subjects of the study, Roles of the Researcher, Type of data, data of the study, Instruments for
collecting data, procedures of collecting data, research instruments, procedures of analysing data, and research design.
3.1 Subject of the study
The subject of this research is the tenth graders of SMA N 1 Blora in the academic year of 20142015. The total numbers of subject involved in this research are 30
students consisting of 20 females and 10 males.
3.2 Roles of the Researcher
In this research, the researcher plays the role as teacher, data collector, and data analyzer. As a teacher, the researcher provides the materials, teaches the materials
to the students, and tests the students‘ achievement. As a data collector, the
researcher will collect the data obtained from observation, tests, and questionnaire. Finally, as a data analyzer, the researcher analyzes the collected
data using certain formula.
3.3 Type of data
This study consists of quantitative and qualitative data, the quantitative data are from pretest and postest score. The the qualitative data will be their students‘
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behavior using observation checklist and questionnaire.
3.4 Instrument for Collecting Data
According to Arikunto 2006:160, ―instrument is a device used by the researcher while collecting data to make hisher work become easier and to get better result,
complete, and systematic in order to make the data easy to process. ‖ In this action
research, researcher uses three instruments; they are test, observation checklist, and questionare. The tests will be pretest and posttest. In each test, the students
will do the take and give technique to share information with their friends about auxiliary materials in writing recount text. Then, the students will be given some
questions about the material, and finally the students will write recount text based on their understanding from the treatment.
While in the observation checklist, I will provide a note containing some indicators in students behavior, such as students‘response, students‘ interest,
students‘ attention, students‘ confidence, students‘ activeness in answering the questions. If the students reach all of the indicators, a check mark √ will be
given to each indicator. Then, a questionnaire is given to know the students‘opinion. It is open-ended
questionnaire. In addition, the students can give their response and opinion toward the treatment. It will be given after the cycle 2.
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3.5 Procedure of Collecting Data
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