Group-based problem-solving is an innovative instruction that help pre-service teachers to aware their role
in terms of how to be professionals in teaching and learning. This point, it can be indicated by TQF. This study
found that they needs to have more program to promote what to teach and how to manage their classroom even
though content knowledge is in higher level, but learning management showed in medium and low levels. Social
and emotional skills are crucial to school success (Goleman, 2004). They teach children social and emotional
skills that are intimately linked with cognitive development. It facilitates everyday life of children, affecting
relationships between pre-service teachers and children in various skills in communication, conflict resolution,
decision making and cooperation. The findings on how to implement group-based problem-solving needs to be
more discussed because individual differences and cognitive and moral development are likely differences in
pre-service teachers.