Rejeki, Demik Sri (2010) The questioning strategies used by the biology teacher of SMA RSBI Negeri 1 Kepanjen / Demik Sri Rejeki. Diploma thesis, Universitas Negeri Malang.
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ABSTRACT Rejeki S.D. 2010. The Questioning Strategies Used by the Biology Teacher of SMA RSBI Negeri 1 Kepanjen. Thesis English Department Faculty of Letters State University of Malang Advisor Dra. Sri Andreani M.Ed. Key Words types of questions questioning strategies purposes of posing questions RSBI Questioning strategy is crucial in teaching and learning process. It is stated that 30-60% percent of time is spent by the teacher to ask questions to the students. Therefore the questioning strategy used should be effective. This study was undertaken in order to investigate the questioning strategies used by the Biology teacher in SMA RSBI Negeri 1 Kepanjen. specifically it was intended to answer three questions (1) What types of questions does the Biology teacher give to the students in SMA RSBI Negeri 1 Kepanjen (2) What are the questioning strategies used by the Biology teacher in SMA RSBI Negeri 1 Kepanjen (3) What are the teacher s purposes in posing the questions . The design of the study was descriptive qualitative. It was also a case study since it was aimed at describing special and unique features of a teaching situation or the method used by a particular teacher in a specific setting. The setting of the study was SMA RSBI Negeri 1 Kepanjen. The subject of the study was a Biology teacher teaching in three classes of RSBI namely X7 X8 and X9 in which this study was conducted. The data were collected from the three meeting observations in each class. The instruments used in the study are the researcher a handy cam and an interview guide. The collected data were then sorted out and organized. Afterward the data were transcribed and translated. Then the data were analyzed based on the question types questioning strategies and the purposes of the questions. The percentage of questioning types and questioning strategies were counted afterward. The last step was drew the conclusions. The findings showed that the teacher posed 619 questions and applied 624 strategies during the observations. The study found that the teacher utilized both divergent and convergent questions. But she posed more convergent questions in the classroom instruction. There were 355 or 57.35 % convergent questions. The rest 264 questions or 42.65% were divergent questions. The teacher used all types of questions in Bloom s taxonomy. The teacher used knowledge level questions at most frequent (251 questions or 40.55%) followed by comprehension level (197 questions or 31.82%) analysis level (96 questions or 15.51%) evaluation level (52 questions or 8.4) synthesis level (17 questions or 2.75%) and application level (6 questions or 0.97%). From these findings it can be inferred that the teacher posed lower level questions more often. The study found that the most frequent strategy used is focusing strategy. The teacher applied it 233 times or 37.35 % of the 624 total strategies used followed by redirection strategy (163 times or 26.12%) probing strategy (141 times or 22.6 %) prompting strategy (46 times or 7.4%) and rephrasing (41 times or 6.5%). The amount of wait time 1 spent by the teacher was 12.3 seconds in average. Whereas the amount of wait time 2 spent by the teacher was 0.85 seconds. From the interview the teacher stated that there were some purposes of posing the questions she mentioned that there are three purposes of posing questions to encourage students to think more deeply about the material being presented remind the students about what they have learned in the past and stimulate students to interact with their peers to solve problems. In addition it was found that the teacher used Indonesian as the language of instruction. From the interview she admitted that she got difficulties in using English and ICT. It is suggested for the teacher to learn more about the questioning theory to improve her quality. She also should pose high level questions more often. Besides she also should shorten the amount of wait time 1 and lengthened the amount of wait time 2.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Diploma) |
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| Subjects: | ?? ?? |
| Divisions: | Fakultas Sastra (FS) > Departemen Sastra Inggris (ING) > S1 Bahasa dan Sastra Inggris |
| Depositing User: | Users 2 not found. |
| Date Deposited: | 02 Jul 2010 04:29 |
| Last Modified: | 09 Sep 2010 03:00 |
| URI: | http://repository.um.ac.id/id/eprint/10972 |
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