This book features 50 brief situations that present interesting opportunities and open-ended challenges to engage students in Creative Problem Solving. These brief, practical, everyday situations provide motivating starting points for practicing CPS with groups of many sizes and ages.
Grades 3-8

Donald J. Treffinger, Ph.D., was the president of the Center for Creative Learning in Sarasota, FL. He earned a master's degree and a doctoral degree in educational psychology from Cornell University. Treffinger previously has been a member of the faculty at Purdue University, the University of Kansas, and Buffalo State College. He now is a member of the Gifted Child Quarterly Advisory Board and has served as editor of that journal and as editor-in-chief of Parenting for High Potential, NAGC's quarterly magazine for parents.
Treffinger is the author of more than 350 articles, chapters, and books. He has written and conducted research on the nature, assessment, and nurture of creativity and Creative Problem Solving, as well as problem-solving styles, gifted education, and talent development. He has given presentations and workshops worldwide, and served as a consultant to numerous local, state, national, and international organizations. He has received the Distinguished Service Award and the E. Paul Torrance Creativity Award from the National Association for Gifted Children, the Creativity Research Award from the World Council on the Gifted and Talented, and the Risorgimenti Creativity Award from the Destination ImagiNation program.

List of Figures Acknowledgements Section I: Introduction Section II: How to Use the CPS Practice Problems Important Group Roles When Applying CPS Supplementary Pages Some Specific "Tips" After Practicing CPS: What Comes Next? Section III: The CPS Practice Problems Always Starting Baby-Sitting Brats Bored Bowling Broken Egg Bus Ride Business Sense But I Didn't Chew Stop Chores Food, Food, Food Fort Gone Fishing Gourmet Hockey Sticks Homesick Homework Helper Jars Keep It Cool Leaves Messy Lockers A MONOPOLY® More $$$ New Bike New Club New Games New Holidays Nursery Rhymes Old Toys Paint Paper Party! Pet Exerciser Playground The Popular Vote Privacy! Responsible Sitcom Sleepy Smoke Out Snow Something Special Super Popular Toy Time Conflict TV Executive Twins Uniquely You! We're Musical! Will it Fly? The Winner References