Students’ Grouping

The first material in TLTCSP course that I learnt is about grouping which are heterogenic and homogenic grouping. Heterogenic grouping means that making group which consists of students with different characteristic, so all of group will have same qualification. While homegenic grouping means that making group which consist of students with same characteristic, so all of group will have different qualification.

Before I join this course, the grouping that I know is only groping that aimed to handle the difference of students’ achievement. I think heterogenic grouping is the best one for this. Hence the students in each group can help each other in doing group work in order to reach learning outcomes. Now, I know that grouping does not always talk about the different of students’ achievement and how to handle it. As a teacher, we must be able to handle the other diversity that students have (interest, skill, etc). Grouping is the solution to organize those diversities for supporting the learning process.

Through this course, I know that we can do grouping by three ways. There are grouping according to the content, product and process. Grouping according to the content is grouping which each group will learn or discuss the same topic with different subtopic. Grouping according to the product is grouping which each group will produce the different product with same topic and assessment. While grouping according to the process is grouping which each group will get the same problem with the same process of solution with different level of difficulty.

As a teacher we have to choose or combine grouping according to the content, product or process that appropriate with our class situation, students’ need and learning goals. Three ways of groping above can be used with homogenic or heterogenic grouping system also depends on class situation, students need and learning objectives.

Overall I know that the main purpose of grouping students are to handle the diversity of students (which affect the learning process such us students’ achievement, interest, prior knowledge, cognitive, family background, etc) in reaching the goals of learning. I also realize that homogenic group is not something bad for grouping. We can choose or combine between homogenic and heterogenic grouping depends on classroom situation and students need to reach the goals of learning.