Adventures in Real Problem Solving - Softcover

Puccio, Kristin; Treffinger, Donald J.; Keller-Mathers, Susan

9781882664610: Adventures in Real Problem Solving

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1882664612 ISBN 13: 9781882664610

Publisher: Prufrock Pr, 2000

Solving problems creatively is a lifelong activity. As teachers, you can begin to foster a love of problem solving in students, even young students. This book provides many opportunities, resources, and lessons for helping young children solve real problems.

This book offers 22 practical lessons to guide children in the primary grades in learning and using a simplified approach to Creative Problem Solving. Young children face many opportunities and challenges that are new and important to them in their own lives, both in and out of school. Creative Problem Solving methods and tools can be applied in ways that are developmentally appropriate and effective for young children.

The activities in Adventures in Real Problem Solving help children learn to identify real problems, challenges, and opportunities in their lives, such as problems in the school cafeteria or on the playground. Students then generate ideas and take action to solve these problems creatively. The book includes step-by-step directions for teacher-led activities and a variety of reproducible pages. The lessons in this book encourage young children to think creatively and become creative problem solvers.

Other activity books that teach Creative Problem Solving to young students are Big Tools for Young Thinkers and Primarily Problem Solving.

Grades K–3

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About the Author:

Kristin Puccio has a master's in Creative Studies. Kristin has worked as a specialist in productive thinking where she taught whole classes, K–4, in creativity and Creative Problem Solving. Currently, she uses CPS and productive thinking methods as an elementary classroom teacher. Kristin has developed creativity materials and pressented nationally on CPS for primary students.

Susan Keller-Mathers has a master's in Creative Studies. She works in the area of talent development at the elementary school level. She also teaches creativity and CPS courses at the college level. She also has developed CPS materials to use with primary-aged students and conducts workshops for educators interested in nurturing creativity in themselves and their students.

Dr. Donald J. Treffinger is President of the Center for Creative Learning and Professor Emeritus of Creative Studies at Buffalo State College. Dr. Treffinger has been a classroom teacher at the elementary and middle school levels and a faculty member at several colleges and universities. He is the author or coauthor of more than 250 books and articles on creative thinking, critical thinking, and Creative Problem Solving. Dr. Treffinger has given presentations, workshops, and seminars on creative learning and Creative Problem Solving throughout the world.

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