The Effect of Students’ Effectiveness and Attitude in Heterogeneous and Free Grouping Cooperative Learning Applied in Sixth-grade Students’ Scratch Program Teaching

Abstract

Although the method of cooperative learning has been used popularly, but researchers paid less attention to different grouping way in the past, especially heterogeneous and free grouping. In this paper, researchers analyzed students’ effectiveness and attitude in heterogeneous and free grouping cooperative learning in sixth-grade students’ Scratch program teaching. 52 students participated in the study and the Scratch animation works assessment scale was prepared and revised by some experts, students and Scratch teaching teachers. Many interesting things have found in the study, such as heterogeneous grouping brings better students’ works, and more efficiently arouses students’ curiosity. In addition, free grouping stimulates more positive attitudes, while heterogeneous grouping leads to more learning pressure, and boys have less pressure in Scratch learning than girls. This can provide some constructive suggestions for cooperative learning.