Study of students group dynamics in online learning on science teaching practice

Although online learning had been widely applied during the Covid-19 Pandemic for almost 2 years, teachers still complain about classroom management in the form of student group activities. The purpose of this study was to describe the study of student group dynamics in online learning. This research was applied to the Teaching Practice class for the Teacher Professional Program. The results of this study indicated that providing a virtual space link, a number of practice groups allow teachers to monitor and guide each group of students easily. As long as students were to do in group activities, the teacher could visit each group and make observations and process assessments on each student. The conclusion of this study was that classroom management in student group activities in online learning could be done well using GMeet App. Suggestions from this research was the need to apply student group activities in online classroom learning to improve students’ collaboration skills.