Irwandi, Khairuddin, N.A. Alwi, Y. Helsa
This study aims to enhance teachers' competence in conducting Classroom Action Research (CAR) in order to improve their professional services in handling the teaching and learning process. The researchers' preliminary observations found that many teachers were still lack of competence in conducting correctly classroom action research following the guidelines, though some of them have conducted it several times. This problem is caused mostly by the factor of research proposal which is still unrecognazible. The qualitative method was applied in this study through training and intensive counselling on how to design CAR. The research findings focused on the qualification of research proposal in terms of language aspect and theoretical aspect. The language aspect focuses on sentence construction, paragraph construction, the use of language in the chapter of introduction and the chapter of theoretical bases. The theoretical aspect focuses on the accuracy of selection of theory, and the variety of theoretical sources. It is found that 25 % of CAR proposal contains recognizable sentences based on the form of S-P-O-K1-K2, 75 % of the proposals are recommended to be reviewed, 50 % of proposals contain regonizable paragraphs in terms of cohesion, and coherence. In the aspect of theoretical accuracy, 75 % of proposals contain theories which are in line with the research problem, and 25 % of proposals should be revised. Moreover, more than 95 % of proposals still depend on the books as the source of theory and only 5 % of proposals which cite from journal. It is concluded that the teachers' competence in using scientific language must be improved and the source of theory must be upgraded through citing from recommended journal. © Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd.
Institut Agama Islam Negeri Bukittinggi, Kubang Putih, Bukittinggi, Indonesia; Universitas Negeri Padang, Padang, Indonesia
