Desired Responses DR Data Collection Instruments
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students were paying attention to the teacher. The third DR which was also shown by some of the students was when the teacher was asking questions, the students were
discussing it such as speaking and chatting, taking notes, opening a dictionary to look up the meaning of a certain word and some of them were reading their handouts.
These actions showed that even the students were making noise but in this situation, the teacher ‘wanted’ these responses to be done by the students.
The fourth DR shown was when the teacher was asking the students to think together, some of the students were discussing with their friends or speaking up with
the members of the group related to the topic. Whereas some students were busily opening their dictionary or reading handouts and writing notes, while the others were
chatting with friends and laughing by looking at the handouts. The fifth DR was when the teacher was mentioning a certain number to answer the questions; the
students were standing up quickly; some of them were quickly answering the question or just looking at herhis notes. All of those responses were desired by the
teacher. All these desired responses could be further classified into some sub-
headings. The idea was also based on what Borich as cited in Muhammad’s journal
2014 said that both DRs and UDRs could be divided into verbal or non-verbal responses. A verbal response shown as DR is called as Verbal Desired Response
VDR, whereas Nonverbal DR is named NVDR. Further explanation about the differences of those two type of responses are as follows:
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a.
Verbal Desired Response VDR is when the students’ responses toward
the teacher’s materials and instructions are shown by their verbal reactions such as answering questions or saying something, or performing speaking,
and chatting with friends. Yelling is a desired response that was found by the researcher. When the
teacher was asking the students to form a group, some students were yelling and said “wey, tadi aku di group mana?” “Hi guys, which one is my group?”. Some
teachers might not want their students to be yelling during the class activity because students’ yelling might disturb other students and also other classes. However, in this
context, such a response was VDR because the teacher was asking them to form a group and the students’ yelling was a way to find their group. The other observed
VDR was the students’ discussing and speaking up with their group members or the students’ asking their friends about the answer, or their chatting with friends related
to the topic. Those observed VDRs could be summarized in the following table:
Table 1a.
Verbal Desired Responses VDRs
Activity or instruction given by the teacher
Verbal Desire Responses
Teacher numbering the students to form groups.
Yelling “wey, tadi aku di group mana?”
“Hi guys, which one is my group?” Teacher delivering the material
Discussing the topic Speaking up with the members of their
group related to the topic
Teacher asking questions Asking friends for the answer
Teacher ask the students to think together
Chatting with friends related to the topic
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The table above showed the VDRs that occurred during the activities in the learning
process. The students’ responses were different according to the instruction given by the teacher. For example when the students were yelling while the teacher
was delivering the materials; the teacher might not want this action to be done by the students because it might disturb the learning process and also disturb other students
who focused on the material. Another content, the teacher might allow the students to yell if their yelling supports the learning process. Support the learning process means,
they were yelling when the teacher was asking them to form a group. When the teacher was asking them to form a group, students’ yelling was desired by the teacher
because it showed that they gave responses which were desired by the teacher. Yelling to form a group was classified as a desired response because in the step of
NHT the students should form a group. From the observation, the students were forming the group and the way to form a group was yelling.
b.
Non-Verbal Desired Responses NVDRs. It is when the students were
paying attention, reading the bookhandout, keeping silent, walking in the room, and taking notes.
It is a physical gesture or response shown by the students that are desired by the teacher. The physical responses showed by the students during observation were
standing and looking for their group quickly when the teacher asked them to form a group. This response was NVDR because they were standing and looking for the
group using a physical response instead of using their verbal responses. In this situation, the teacher allowed the students to walk and stand because forming a group
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needed some moving. Another situation, the teacher might not allow the students to walk or to stand because the teacher might be still explaining the material or it was
not the time to form a group. Writing on their book was also showed by the students when the teacher was explaining the material. The NVDR could be seen from the
table below.
Table 1b.
NonVerbal Desired Responses NVDRs
Activity or instruction given by the teacher
NonVerbal Desired Responses NVDRs
Teacher was numbering the students to form groups.
Standing and looking for their group quickly
Writing on their book
Teacher was delivering the material Paying attention to the teacher by looking
at the teacher Taking notes
Opening and closing the book Reading handout
Teacher was asking questions Listening to the teacher carefully by
keeping silent and looking for the teacher Looking at herhis note
Taking notes
Teacher was asking the students to do discussion
Opening the dictionary Reading handout and writing notes
Teacher was mentioning a certain number to answer the question
Quick response to the instructions Standing up quickly
Borrowing friend’s note
From the table above, the researcher classified the NVDRs into 2 groups. Those 2 NVDRs groups were named: Physical responses to the instruction and
physical responses to the material. A physical response to the instruction is the response when the students get the instruction from the teacher while physical
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responses to the material is the response that is shown by the students when the teacher is delivering the material related to the materialbookshandoutnotes. The
responses can be seen as follows:
Table 1ba
Physical responses to the instruction and Physical responses to the material
Activity or instruction given by the teacher
Physical responses to the instruction
Physical responses to the material
Teacher was numbering the students to form groups.
Standing and looking for their group quickly
Writing on their book
Teacher was delivering the material
Paying attention to the teacher by looking at the
teacher Taking note
Opening and closing the book
Reading handout
Listening to the teacher carefully by keeping
silent and looking for the teacher
Looking at herhis note
Taking note
Teacher was asking questions Quick response to the
instructions Standing up quickly
Opening the dictionary
Reading handout and writing notes
Borrowing friend’s note
Borrowing friend’s note
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