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CHAPTER III

RESEARCH METHOD

A. Development of the Model

This research aims to establish a multipurpose assessment model for teaching

EFL writing in a blended learning context. The multipurpose assessment model is

an assessment model that generates intended text-based feedback for students and

lecturers as a basis for learning continuous improvement, particularly in writing

instruction, equipped with a collection of approved instruments, including

assessment instruments, learning instruments, scoring criteria, and manual

procedures. Educators have developed several research-design models, including

the McKenney, Wademen, Reeve, and Plomp models. Each has strengths and

limitations when utilized to build a specific model or product for instructional

purposes. Consequently, the researcher employed Plomp's (2013) design-based

study, recognized as a particularly relevant study model for increasing educational

quality in clear and systematic methods per the researcher's development process.

The Plomp Design-based Research (DBR) Model can assist educators in

developing an efficient learning process employing teaching-learning models,

teaching materials, teaching media, and assessment tools. "Design research as a

research design is appropriate for developing an intervention (such as programs,

teaching-learning strategies, and material, products, and systems) as a solution to

complex educational problems," according to Plomp (2013). (p. 15). It consists of

three stages: preliminary research, development, and assessment. Therefore, the

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