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CHAPTER III
METHOD OF RESEARCH
3.1 Location of Research
This study aims to determine the effect of group work and individual method on the
eight grade students’ ability at comprehending reading material at SMP Cerdas Murniin
2016 /2017 Academic Year. It’s located at Jl. Beringin, Pasar VII, Desa Tembung, Kec.
Percut Sei Tuan, Kabupaten Deli Serdang, North Sumatera Province. Therefore, this study
are an experimental study with this type of research is quantitative research. For classes used
previously formed.
3.2 Time and Research Location
This research were doing at SMP Cerdas Murni at Jl. Beringin, Pasar VII, Desa
Tembung, Kec. Percut Sei Tuan, Kabupaten Deli Serdang, North Sumatera Province.
The research activities carried out in the second semester of academic year
2016/2017, Establishment of the study schedule adjusted to the schedule set by the principal.
The subject matter is chosen in this study is "reading comprehension" which is material in
class VIII syllabus that is being studied in the semester.
There are some reasons why the writer chose this place :
- The writer found the problem discussed in this research at this school
- The similar research has been never conducted in this school
- The location is one of the central in education on Tembung as the example for to other
schools. So, this research must be able to develop so that method can be applied this
school.
3.3 Population and Sample
Population was the generalization of the results of the study region.
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The population
of this research were the student at class VIII of SMP Cerdas Murni Tembung in 2016/
Academic Year, Jl. Beringin, Kecamatan Percut Sei Tuan, Kabupaten Deli Serdang, North
Sumatera Province. There were two classes in VIII A consist of 40 students and class VIII B
consist of 40 students. So, the total of population was 80 students.
Table I
The Population of Research
No Class Female Male Students
1 VIII-A 18 22 40
2 VIII-B 19 21 40
Total 37 43 80
The sample is a fraction of the number and characteristics possessed by this
population.
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To take a sampling system by simple random sampling. It said to be simple
(simple) because members taking samples of the population was randomly without regard to
strata that exist in the population.
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The class sample in this study were class VIII-A and VIII-B class, the class VIII-A as
the experimental group numbered 40 students and class VIII-B as the control group
numbered 40 students.
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Indra Jaya, ( 2013 ), Penerapan Statistik Untuk Pendidikan, Bandung, Citapustaka Media Perintis, p :
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Ibid , p : 32.
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Sugiyono, ( 2013 ), Metode Penelitian Pendidikan(Pendekatan Kuantitatif, Kualitatif, dan R&D).
Bandung, Alfabeta, p : 82.
The title of this research was “The Effect of Group Work and Individual Method on
the Eight Grade Students’ Ability at Comprehending Reading Material at SMP Cerdas
Murdniin 2016 /2017 Academic Year”. The terms that require explanation are :
1. Effect is a product of the course or agency. It is the consequence resulting from
observation or experimental immpression. It means that the result existence if caused
by multiple factors conducting in a given situation.
2. Groupwork Method is a model of learning by using a system of grouping/small team,
which is between four to six people or more who have a background in academic
ability, gender, race, or ethnicity were different (heterogeneous).
3. Individual Method is describing about individual learning carried out by students
independently. Speed, slowness and student learning is largely determined by the
ability of the individual concerned. Learning materials as well as how to learn is
designed for self-study.
4. Reading is one of the four language skills that the students should know when
learning a language. Reading is the practice of using text to create meaning.
3.6 Instrument for Data Collection
- Test
The instrument used in this study was in the form of a test. The test is a tool or
procedure used to determine or measure something in the atmosphere, in the manner and the
rules that have been determined.
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The tests used in this study was to test the ability of solving problems in
understanding the concept of sets. The test used is a test in the form of a description totaling
10 items. This test was given at the end (post-test) classroom. All students fill out or answer
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Suharsimi Arikunto( 2012 ), Dasar-dasar Evaluasi Pendidikan. Jakarta: Bumi Aksara, p. 67.
in accordance with the guidelines established researchers at the beginning or the first sheet of
these tests for the data retrieval.
- Interview
As Kvaleremarks, as an inter-view , an interchange of views between two or more
people on a topic of mutual interest, sees the centrality of human interaction for knowledge
production, and emphasizes the social situations of research data.
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The interview was a flexible tool for data collection, enabling multi-sensory channels
to be used: verbal, non-verbal, spoken and heard. The order of the interview may be
controlled while still giving space for spontaneity, and the interviewer can press not only for
complete answers but also for responses about complex and deep issues. The researcher was
taken the English teacher and some of students as interview. The researcher used structured
interview.
3.7 Technique for Data Collection
- Test
The test was given to the experiment class and control class. The test was given in
two times. The first was pre-test; it was doing before the students were given treatment. The
second was post-test, it was given after the writer gave treatment to experiment class by using
groupwork method and control class by using individual method.
The test consist of 1 question in blank form. The students got possible score 0-100,
where 0 was the lowest score and 100 was the highest score.
The steps was done the test as follows:
a. Distributed the test to the students
b. Giving instruction that the test was done on the test
c. Specifying the time for the students to do the test
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Louis Cohen, Laurence Manion& Keith Morison,(2007), Research Method in Education, London:
Routledge, p.100.
