TIPS EdTech: Developing Professional Development and Online Application to Support Team-Initiated Problem Solving (TIPS) within Multi-Tiered Support Systems

The purpose of this study is to develop the Team Initiated Problem Solving (TIPS) EdTech suite of tools, which includes TIPS Online Training and TIPS Meeting Application (TIPS MApp), and test their promise for improving the efficiency and impact of school teams' data-based decision making. There is rapid growth in the amount of data available to school teams, but many school teams are not effective in their use of data to support students. Although there is evidence of efficacy for the TIPS training materials in improving team decision making, there continues to be challenges when involving and coordinating multiple members of a team in the problem solving process. The researchers test the promise of the TIPS EdTech suite for improving the efficiency and impact of school teams.

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Chaparro, E. A., Nese, R.T., Algozzine, B., Horner, R., Daily, J., & Cameron, R. (2023). Team-Initiated Problem Solving: A Single-Case Examination of Online Training for Tier 2 Data Teams. Under review.

Chaparro, E.A., Horner, R., Algozzine, B., Daily, J., & Nese, R. N. T. (2022). How School Teams Use Data to Make Effective Decisions: Team-Initiated Problem Solving (TIPS). Center on PBIS, University of Oregon

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