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Research Article

A Moodle Based Case Library to Foster Ability to
Solve Classroom Management Problems for Beginner
Teachers

Manoj Praveen G.
Associate Professor, Farook Training College, Farook College Po,
Kozhikode, Kerala, India, Email: manojpraveeng@gmail.com

Abstract

Knowingly or unknowingly, teachers use problem solving skills in the classroom for a
range of ill-structured problems as that of classroom management. The researcher was
interested to find out whether Case Based Reasoning to foster Ability to solve Classroom
Management Problems hosted on a Moodle based virtual learning environment is
beneficial to the in-service teacher training of beginner teachers or not? In the present
study the Case Library consists of prior experiences as Cases in the form of stories
enriched with scaffolds which include cartoons, hint questions, excerpts of underlying
theory and expert solutions that help the learner to understand the problem and design
their own alternate solutions to the problem. The present study is an experimental study
in which pre-test post-test non-equivalent group design is used. The population for the
present study is high school teachers teaching in Government and Government-aided
schools of Kerala, India. To conduct the experiment, 46 teachers with an experience
of 10 years or below were selected conveniently. Out of which 20 teachers were in the
control group and 26 were in the experimental group. The teachers in the experimental
group were required to take part in an online course on Case Based Reasoning using a
Case Based Library on a Moodle platform. The findings of the study revealed that, there
was a significant mean difference in Ability to solve Classroom Management Problems
between experimental and control groups. The present study suggests the use of Case
Based Reasoning instructional module for solving Classroom Management Problems.

Keywords: Moodle, Case Based Library, Ability to solve Classroom Management
Problems, Case Library

Introduction response. These tasks may be reasoning,
problem solving, planning, organizing,
Problem solving is a difficult and an
intricate way of learning (Jonassen & abstract thinking, etc. Therefore,
Serrano, 2003). It is a cognitive ability in problem solving ability is a person’s
which correct or appropriate processing cognitive capability to understand the
of mental information is critical to nature of problems and take actions to
successful performance (Carroll, 1993). solve them accordingly.
Cognitive tasks are mental processes Classroom management, including
that function to produce a thoughtful both instructional and behavioural

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