42 members of the groups. All members were responsible for the outcomes, so they
tried to look for the best decision. “To prevent the debating of different argument, then the group make a
discussion and sharing so that all group members can freely express it what are in their thoughts. Then for the different opinions from all
members, the group solves this problem by choosing which one the things that will bring a good for the group. The group will decided the choices
wisely and make sure that all group members are agreeing with the decision that the group will take
.” – Excerpt 16 In excerpt 16 of the student’s reflection, the student elaborated the way
their group worked in order to make the decision agreed by all of the members and they were all responsible for the choice they made. Their decision was made
in order to get the best result for their mutual goals.
7. Valuing Interpersonal Style
Valuing interpersonal style characteristic was also found as collaborative learning characteristic in Play Performance class. There were 83 excerpts that
mention this characteristic; 44 excerpts in the reflection papers for the midterm test, and 39 excerpts in the reflection papers for the final test. This characteristic
of collaborative learning was in the eighth place for the collaborative learning characteristic which frequently
appeared in the students’ reflection papers. In valuing interpersonal style characteristic of collaborative learning, each
individual in the group thought that their goals could be more successful because they did it in a group, not personally. Friend and Cook 2010 state that by helping
each other and working together, the results are better rather than if they do it by themselves. It could be seen in excerpts 17, 18, and 19.
43 “Although there were some difficulties I have, I still can survive and took
the challenges from this class. In this class I did not work alone, I still have friends and lecturers who helped me. We worked together to make this
event become great.
” – Excerpt 17 “Collaborative with this group made me very happy because I felt that I
found the other family. Yeah they were like a family for me because we could not doubt that almost every day we would meet and struggle together
to prepare an awesome performance.
” – Excerpt 18 “First, I got some knowledge about play performance itself. The knowledge
that I got can be divided to some part. Knowledge of player, setting, music, lighting, costume, and make up. As we know that those things are the main
ingredients to make a success play performance.
” – Excerpt 19 From all of the excerpts, they mentioned about valuing interpersonal style.
They did not mention it directly, but the researcher interpreted their sentences in their excerpts containing the collaborative learning characteristic. In excerpt 17,
the student wrote that by working together and helping each other, she believed that they would make their event of play performance become great. The similar
characteristic could be seen in excerpt 18. The student who wrote excerpt 18 also believed that
the members’ struggling and meeting in the group would generate an awesome performance in the end. In excerpt 19 that another student wrote, she
also mentioned the same characteristic of collaborative learning. The student mentioned some divisions in her group and stated that those were the ingredient
needed to make their play performance successful.
8. Trusting One Another
As the eighth characteristic of collaborative learning, trusting one another was on the fourth place on the research finding that showed the characteristic of
44 collaborative learning that frequently appeared in the student reflection papers.
There were 137 excerpts mentioning this collaborative learning characteristic. There were 66 excerpts in the reflection papers for the midterm test assignment,
and there were 71 excerpts in the reflection papers for the final test assignment. This characteristic of collaborative learning showed that in collaborative
learning, especially when it came to the process of doing the group’s work, the student had to trust their peers. They should trust each other. The student had to
learn to trust their peers that each of them could do well on their work. They had to trust each other even though they just met their friends not a long time ago and
they had not known their friends that much. “Second, it is connected to the development toward others, I can take a
value that trusting is the best option to build a good group. I should believe that everyone is competent for their divisions. Believing on them is a way
to treat them to be responsible for their own job. Moreover, although I have given them the same responsibilities, I should monitor all of their
progress correctly
.” – Excerpt 20 In excerpt 20, the student mentioned that trust was the best option to build
a good group. The student also mentioned that she should believe their friends that they were competent to do their job. By trusting them, it would give the
responsibilities on their friends, so that their friends would feel respected and trusted enough to continue her work confidently. By trusting each other, the
student did not need to doubt anymore whether they should do their work in the best way they could or not. Due to the trust that the student gave and gained, they
would do it in the best way they could. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
