Blumberg Center for
Interdisciplinary Studies in Special Education
collaborative
problem solving Project
problem solving:
MATERIAL RELATED TO CREATIVE
PROBLEM SOLVING FOR GENERAL EDUCATION INTERVENTION (CPS FOR GEI)
General
Description
This page contains references, writings,
and research briefs on Creative Problem Solving (CPS) and CPS for
General Education Intervention (GEI) school based teams.
All of these documents are in PDF format and
require "Adobe Acrobat Reader" to read the file. If you do not have
this program on your computer, a free copy and installation instructions
may be downloaded from
http://www.indstate.edu/itdept/readers/acrobat/
Printed copies of the PDF files are available through the Blumberg
Center - 812-237-2830.
Publications
These links access
publications/manuscripts authored by professionals associated with the
Blumberg Center.
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Measuring Success: Survey Shows How CPS
Impacts Indiana
By Tamyra Freeman, Priscilla Wolfe, Bill Littlejohn and Nancy
Mayfield
(Lead article in the Fall 2001 newsletter "Communique" of the
Creative Problem Solving Group, Inc.)
(PDF version)
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Executive Summary - December 2000 -
Creative Problem Solving Impacts Indiana:
Results from a Study of Creative Problem Solving Program
Participants 1994-1999
(PDF version)
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Legal Issues
By Dr. Stephen Davis, Consultant for the Indiana Department of
Education
(Presentation summarized by Kenneth Walker - November 2002)
(PDF version)
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Creative Problem Solving and Indiana's
General Education Intervention Teams
By Kenneth Walker, Michael Bahr, Bonnie Buddle, William
Littlejohn and Maurice Miller
(A report to Robert Marra, Associate Superintendent, Indiana
Department of Education - April 2002)
(PDF version)
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General Education Intervention:
Elementary school teams incorporate Creative Problem Solving
(Lead article in the December 2001 issue of Creative Problem
Solving News with articles by Angela McKinney and Jennifer
Grimes.)
(PDF version)
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Creative Problem Solving Leads to Student
Success
By Tamyra Freeman, Priscilla Wolfe, Bill Littlejohn and Nancy
Mayfield
(Published in Creative Learning Today, Volume 10, Number 3,
July-September 2001)
(PDF version)
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Research Briefs
These links access
research briefs authored by professionals associated with the Blumberg
Center.
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CPS for GEI Team Accomplishment Survey
Report 2003-2004
By Kenneth Walker, Ph.D.
(During the academic year 2003-2004 the facilitators of teams
trained in the CPS for GEI methods in 20 Indiana elementary
schools were asked to record information on the children
referred to the teams and to track them on certain data. This
study summarizes characteristics of the children and describes
the way in which the CPS for GEI process was implemented. Since
fewer responses were received than anticipated, generalizations
from this study should be limited.)
(PDF version)
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CPS for GEI Team Effectiveness Survey
Report 2003-2004
By Jerry Jenkins, Ph.D.
(During the academic year 2003-2004 participants from 11
districts and independent schools that participated in the (CPS
for GEI) training were asked to record demographic data. In
addition, they responded to a series of questions regarding the
effectiveness of their team before and after CPS for GEI
training. Although the results of the analysis reflected
positively on the CPS for GEI process, since fewer responses
were received than anticipated, generalizations from this study
should be limited.)
(PDF version)
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CPS for GEI District Trainer and
School-Based Team Focus Group Report,
February 2004
By Eric M. Hampton, Ph.D.
(This is a 6-page Executive Summary of a 78-page full report
on the focus group interviews. The full report is available
through the Blumberg Center - 812-237-2830.)
(PDF version)
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CPS for GEI District Trainer Focus Group
Report, March 2003
By Eric M. Hampton, Ph.D.
(This is a 3-page Executive Summary of a 25-page full report
on the focus group interviews. The full report is available
through the Blumberg Center - 812-237-2830.)
(PDF version)
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Creative Problem Solving for General
Education Intervention Teams, 2002-2003
By Michael Bahr, Jennifer Sears, Esther Anderson and Kenneth
Walker
(The 12 school based GEI teams not trained in the 2001 - 2002
school year, which served as the untrained control teams in the
previous study, received CPS for GEI training in the fall of the
2002 - 2003 school year. This study investigates the team
ratings of their effectiveness and the impact of CPS training.)
(PDF version)
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Data from the CPS for GEI Facilitators'
Logs, Spring 2002
By Kenneth Walker, Esther Anderson, Michael Bahr, Bonnie Buddle,
Tamyra Freeman, Maurice Miller and Jennifer Sears
(Facilitators of the teams that were CPS for GEI trained in
the 2001 - 2002 school year were asked to compile information
following every team meeting in the Spring of 2002. They tallied
information on the characteristics of the referred children and
the characteristics of each session as well as their ratings of
the effectiveness of the CPS process during that session.)
(PDF version)
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Creative Problem Solving for GEI
Evaluation Outcomes 2001-2002
By Michael Bahr, Jennifer Sears, Esther Anderson, Bonnie Buddle,
Tamyra Freeman, Maurice Miller and Kenneth Walker
(Data are presented on 12 CPS-trained and 12 non-CPS-trained
teams over one school year. Included are their ratings of the
effectiveness of their team.)
(PDF version)
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Data on CPS for GEI Team Members,
1999-2002
By Kenneth Walker, Esther Anderson, Michael Bahr, Bonnie Buddle,
Tamyra Freeman, Maurice Miller and Jennifer Sears
(This report summarizes information on the professional
identities of the CPS for GEI team members trained over a 3-year
period and the sizes of the GEI teams.)
(PDF version)
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