Research
activities in English learning cover four step: Observing, Describing, Analyzing,
Explaining
CAR has aim to developing a certain
instructional strategy to solve the practical instructional problems in English
classrooms.
It will help the students make
appropriate style and strategy of learning.
CAR is done in several cycles, and then
each cycle begins with
1.
Find the Problems
The
problems should be clear.
What
CAR analyzes ex: the media to improve the effectiveness, teaching activities,
students motivation
CAR
concerns on the teacher success in their own instructions such as the students
learning progress, students’ behavior, student’ learning problems, learning
environment and so forth.
2.
Lesson Planning (teaching scenario)
Planning
refers to the proposed instructional strategy to be developed in the research
to solve instructional problems
The
teacher should be design the activity (what the student should do) and the
criteria of success.
Planning
is the strategy became the focus on the study, to be prepared, to be tried out,
to be revised, to be tried again until it proves effective to solve the
problems.
3.
Implementing the Plan,
Implementation
of the strategy that has been planned, (usually) without collaborator.
How
to practice the teaching scenario ex: individual or group
Very
detail (sequence, time, tool, material)
They
should have responsible based on their teaching scenario (ex: the teacher
should make the students achievement more)
4.
Observing the implementation,
Observing
is collecting the data base on own research (what kind of strategy, media or
motivation that used)
Assessing
the criteria of success is implemented the strategy in solving the
instructional problems.
The
data are indicating success and other instructional problems are recorded
5.
Reflecting or evaluating the process and
the result of the implementation
a. Recorded
data analyzed to judge how much the implemented strategy has effectively solve
the problems.
b. What
is the target?
c. The
data that had been collect compare with the target or criteria of success
(example: a strategy of improving (1) the student’ writing skill using picture
series is considered successful if the students enjoy learning writing using
picture series, (2) the teacher feels convenient in using the strategy of
picture series …….)
d. Target
reasonable (based on the students’ IQ) higher 90, medium 75, lower less than 50,
and it is cannot predicted.
If
the higher target 80, the students score more than 80
If the lower
target 50, the students score should be minimum at 50
The data of CAR
- The data
may come from numerical information (the result of test as well as verbal
information such as student’s problems, classroom atmosphere, students’
motivation…)
- Because of
type of data from CAR quantitative and qualitative, it is not necessary to
claim CAR quantitative or qualitative.
- The data
record during the process of observation (how well the strategy can solve
the problem NOT, how well the teacher implements the strategy or how well
the strategy is implemented)
The target of goal CAR
- The
classroom problems to be solve
- The target
or criteria of success to be achieve
- The data
indicating the achievement of the target
- The sources
data
- The
instrument to collect data
- The data
collection techniques
The results are innovations in English
instructions strategy that can enhance the success in students’ learning
English.
1.
Give the result
Find
the strategy based on the target (give the prove or evidence).
If
no success, used the second cycle (and make implementing again because the
cycle cannot be predicted)
2.
Product
Then
goal to find the strategy to reach the target
The
target should be making in two types: the higher ….. and the lower ….
