Research Type Research Place and Time

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CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHOD

A. Research Type

This study is a classroom action research. According Suparno 2007: 5, generally the act of research intended research take place by someone who currently practice in a job, to be used in the development of the work itself. According Mulyasa 2011: 34, action research can be interpreted as an effort aimed at improving the learning process or problems solve encountered in learning. Action research is research to gain truth and practical benefits by collaborative and participatory action way. Collaborative is the cooperation between the various sciences, skills, and professional in solving the problem. Participatory involvement of the target audience in identifying problems, planning, conducting, and assessing the end. In this research, researcher used Margaret Riels action research model. In Margaret Riels model there are two cycles where each cycle consists of four steps there are learn and plan, action, collect and analysis data, and reflection. Figure 2. Picture of the action research cycle by Margaret Riels Model.

B. Research Place and Time

This research will be done in class X AK 1 at SMK N 7 Yogyakarta which is located in Jalan Gowongan Kidul JT III416 Yogyakarta. This research will be conducted in November 2014. C. Subject and Object of Research The subjects in this research is students of Class X AK 1 at SMK N 7 Yogyakarta academic year of 20142015, which is 32 students, while the research object is the Students‟ Self Directed Learning in Class X AK 1 at SMK N 7 Yogyakarta academic year of 20142015 through implementation Blended Learning. D. Operational Definition of Variables 1. Self Directed Learning According to Annisa 2013: 4, self directed learning shows that students have a sense of responsibility towards their success in learning. There is relation with the maturity of students so that he realizes the goal of learning. In this research, self directed learning is concerned with how autonomous motivation can be promoted through identification and integration processes, in contrast, self directed learning takes autonomous motivation as its starting point. It claims that the student has decision rights in the setting of learning goals, activities, and outcome evaluations. Students‟ self directed learning in the first cycle will be compared with the second cycle. Self directed learning readiness is defined as: a. The degree the individual possesses the attitudes. b. The degree the individual possesses abilities. c. Personality characteristics necessary for self directed learning. Measuring self directed learning in accounting can be done using questionnaire items in Murray Fisher, Jennifer King and Grace Tague ‟s research with the title is Development of a Self- directed Learning Readiness Scale for Nursing Education. There are three components to measure self directed learning, there are: a. Self management. b. Desire for learning. c. Characteristics of self control.

2. Blended Learning

Blended learning is a formal education program in which students active and learn to control the time, place and capabilities and combines learning face to face face to faceclassical with online learning through the use of facilitiesinternet media. There are several different opinions from experts who determine the percentage for each way, whether its face to face or online. Blended learning requires students to learn independently in learning because learning is done with combination of face to face and onlinecomputer media.

E. Data Collection Techniques