Through Student Teams-Achievement Divisions Method “ (An Action Research At The Eighth Grade Of Smp N 8 Surakarta In The Academic Year 2011/2012)
Penulis Utama
:
Cycas Lucky Handono Yudo
NIM / NIP
:
K2208029
×The objectives of the research are: (1) to identify whether and to what
extent STAD method can improve students’ learning English motivation; (2) To
describe strength and weakness of implementing STAD in this research.
The method used in this research was a classroom action research. The
research was conducted in two cycles at the VIII-B grade of SMP N 8 Surakarta
from April to June in the academic year of 2011/2012. There are two kinds of
data: qualitative and quantitative data. The qualitative data were collected using
observation, questionnaire and interview. Then, the quantitative data were
collected using tests (pre-test and post-test). Qualitative data were analyzed using
the five stages suggested by Burns (1999: 157-159) as follows: assembling the
data, coding the data, comparing the data, building interpretation, and reporting
the outcomes. The quantitative data were analyzed using descriptive statistics.
The research findings show that the use of STAD can improve students’
motivation in learning English. The improvements of students’ motivation were
that: (1) the students got engaged in certain activities; (2) they knew their goal of
their effort; (3) they were more active with games and quiz given to them; (4) they
were more focused to the lesson; (5) they listened to the teacher direction in the
lesson. Besides, the improvement of students’ motivation can be seen from the
improvement of mean score of questionnaire that asked about their motivation
(60. 72) before action, in cycle 1 62.03, and cycle 2 63.03. The researcher also
found the other improvement in reading comprehension. The improvements were
that (1) the students were able to identify the generic structure of the text, (2) the
students were able to identify language feature of the text recount and (3) the
students were able to determine the reference word in the text recount, and (4) the
students were able to identify specific information. The improvement of students’
reading comprehension can also be seen from the improvement of mean score of
pre-test (59.75), test in cycle 1 69.25, and post test of cycle 2 74.38. There are
some weakness and strength in implemented this research. The strength was that
(1) STAD used prize and reward to increase students’ motivation in learning; (2)
STAD could be implemented by the teacher in all English skills; (3) STAD makes
the students more active in the lesson; (4) STAD could be supported with various
teaching media; (5) STAD had simple steps in teaching procedures. The weakness
of the implementation of this method was that (1) STAD needed more cost to
prepare the prizes and rewards; (2) STAD needed more attention from the teacher
to supervise the students’ group; (3) STAD needed more preparation before the
method is implemented; (4) STAD was implemented more effectively in small
classes than in big classes.
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Based on the result of the research, it can be concluded that STAD
method can improve students’ motivation. Therefore, it is recommended that
teachers can use STAD method as a good alternative method to improve the
students’ motivation in learning English.
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Penulis Utama
:
Cycas Lucky Handono Yudo
Penulis Tambahan
:
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NIM / NIP
:
K2208029
Tahun
:
2012
Judul
:
Through Student Teams-Achievement Divisions Method “ (An Action Research At The Eighth Grade Of Smp N 8 Surakarta In The Academic Year 2011/2012)
Edisi
:
Imprint
:
Surakarta - F.KIP - 2012
Program Studi
:
S-1 Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris
Kolasi
:
Sumber
:
UNS-FKIP Jur. Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris-K.2208029-2012
