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Dr. John M. Baer

Professor
  • Email Address: baer@rider.edu
  • Phone: (609)895-5668
  • Fax: (609)895-5483
  • Office: Memorial Hall 102P
  • Mailing Address: 2083 Lawrenceville Road, Lawrenceville, NJ 08648

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Academic Background
B.A., Psychology and Japanese Studies, Yale University, 1972
Ph.D., Cognitive Psychology, Rutgers University, 1991

Books

  • Baer. J. (1997). Creative teachers, creative students. Boston: Allyn and Bacon.
  • Baer, J. (1993). Creativity and divergent thinking: A task-specific approach . Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
  • Baer, J., Kaufman, J. C., & Baumeister, R. F. (Eds.). (in press). Psychology and free will. Oxford University Press.
  • Baer, J., & Kaufman, J. C. (in preparation). Being creative inside and outside the classroom.
  • Kaufman, J. C., & Baer, J. (Eds.). (2005). Creativity across domains: Faces of the muse. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
  • Kaufman, J. C., & Baer, J. (Eds.). (2006). Reason and creativity in development. Cambridge University Press.
  • Kaufman, J. C., Plucker, J. A., & Baer, J. (under contract, in preparation). Essentials of creativity assessment. New York: Wiley.
  • Lemaster, A. J., & Baer, J. (1999). SuperWrite (Vol. 1). Cincinnati: South-Western.
  • Lemaster, A. J., & Baer, J. (1999). SuperWrite (Vol. 2). Cincinnati: South-Western.
  • Lemaster, A. J., & Baer, J. (1999). SuperWrite instructor's manual (Vol. 1). Cincinnati: South-Western.
  • Lemaster, A. J., & Baer, J. (1999). SuperWrite instructor's manual (Vol. 2). Cincinnati: South-Western.
  • Lemaster, A. J., & Baer, J. (1999). SuperWrite student workbook (Vol. 1.). Cincinnati: South-Western.
  • Lemaster, A. J., & Baer, J. (1999). SuperWrite student workbook (Vol. 2). Cincinnati: South-Western.


TRANSLATED BOOKS

  • Baer, J. (2001). [Creative teachers, creative students / Korean edition]. (J. K. Woo & K. W. Jeon, Trans.). Seoul, South Korea: Chang Ji Press.

JOURNAL ARTICLES

  • Agars, M. D., Baer, J., & Kaufman, J. C.(2005). The many creativities of business and the APT model of creativity. Korean Journal of Thinking and Problem Solving, 15(2), 133-141.
  • Baer, J. (2003). Double dividends: Cross-cultural creativity studies teach us about both creativity and cultures. Inquiry: Critical Thinking Across The Disciplines, 22, 37-39.
  • Baer, J. (2003). Grouping and achievement in cooperative learning. College Teaching, 51. 169-174.
  • Baer, J. (2003). What do in-service and pre-service teachers think elementary teachers need to know? Focus on Education, 47, 25-33.
  • Baer, J. (2003). Impact of the Core Knowledge Curriculum on creativity. Creativity Research Journal, 15, 297-300.
  • Baer, J. (2002). Are creativity and content standards allies or enemies? Research in the Schools, 9(2), 35-42.
  • Baer, J. (1999). Creativity in a climate of standards. Focus on Education, 43, 16-21.
  • Baer, J. (1998). The case for domain specificity in creativity. Creativity Research Journal, 11, 173-177.
  • Baer, J. (1998). Gender differences in the effects of extrinsic motivation on creativity. Journal of Creative Behavior, 32, 18-37.
  • Baer, J. (1997). Gender differences in the effects of anticipated evaluation on creativity. Creativity Research Journal, 10, 25-31.
  • Baer, J. (1997). The hidden costs of rewards and evaluation: Who gets hurt, and what teachers can do. Focus on Education, 41, 24-27.
  • Baer, J. (1996). Does artistic creativity decline during elementary school years? Psychological Reports, 78, 927-930.
  • Baer, J. (1996). The effects of task-specific divergent-thinking training. Journal of Creative Behavior, 30, 183-187.
  • Baer, J. (1994). Divergent thinking is not a general trait: A multi-domain training experiment. Creativity Research Journal, 7, 35-46.
  • Baer, J. (1994). Generality of creativity across performance domains: A replication. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 79, 1217-1218.
  • Baer, J. (1994). Performance assessments of creativity: Do they have long-term stability? Roeper Review, 7(1), 7-11.
  • Baer, J. (1994). Why you shouldn't trust creativity tests. Educational Leadership, 51(4), 80-84.
  • Baer, J. (1994). Why you still shouldn't trust creativity tests. Educational Leadership, 52(1), 72.
  • Baer, J. (1991). Generality of creativity across performance domains. Creativity Research Journal, 4, 23-39.
  • Baer, J. (1988). Artificial intelligence: Making machines that think. Futurist, 22(1), 8-13.
  • Baer, J. (1988). Let's not handicap gifted thinkers. Educational Leadership, 45(7), 66-72.
  • Baer, J. M. (1988). Long-term effects of creativity training with middle-school students. Journal of Early Adolescence, 8, 183-193.
  • Baer, J., & Baer, S. K. (2005). Student preferences for types of instructional feedback and discussion in hybrid courses: Aptitude-treatment interactions. Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 16 (3), 1-14.
  • Baer, J., & Baer, S. K. (1988). Statistical insignificance. Gifted Child Today, 11(2), 22-23.
  • Baer, J., & Kaufman, J.C. (in press). Gender differences in creativity. Journal of Creative Behavior.
  • Baer, J., & Kaufman, J.C. (2005). Bridging Generality and Specificity: The Amusement Park Theoretical (APT) Model of Creativity. Roeper Review, 27, 158-163.
  • Baer, J., & Kaufman, J. C. (2004). Considering the DMGT: Something old, something new. High Ability Studies, 15. 149-150.
  • Baer, J., Kaufman, J. C., & Gentile, C. A. (2004). Extension of the consensual assessment technique to nonparallel creative products. Creativity Research Journal, 16, 113-117.
  • Baer, J., & Russomano, A. T. (1996). An intensive field experience for preservice teachers. Education, 119, 432-436.
  • Baer, J., & Russomano, A. T. (1995). Making sophomore field experiences more meaningful. Issues in Education, 6, 11-19.
  • Baer, J., & Stenersen, S. (1985, August). If wishes were fishes. American School Board Journal, 28-29.
  • Kaufman, J. C., & Baer, J. (2006). Intelligent testing with Torrance. Creativity Research Journal, 18, 99-102.
  • Kaufman, J. C., & Baer, J. (2006). A tribute to E. Paul Torrance. Creativity Research Journal, 18, 1-2.
  • Kaufman, J. C., & Baer, J. (2004). Sure, I'm creative - but not in math!: Self-reported creativity in diverse domains. Empirical Studies of the Arts, 22 (2), 143-155.
  • Kaufman, J. C., & Baer, J. (2004). Creativity theory for gifted education: The Amusement Park Theoretical (APT) model. Sobredotação [Portuguese journal; English translation of journal title is Giftedness], 7-18.
  • Kaufman, J. C., & Baer, J. (2004). The Amusement Park Theoretical (APT) model of creativity. The Korean Journal of Thinking & Problem Solving, 14(2), 15-25.
  • Kaufman, J. C., & Baer, J. (2003). Do we really want to avoid Denny's?: The perils of defying the crowd. High Ability Studies, 14. 149-150.
  • Kaufman, J. C., & Baer, J. (2002). Could Steven Spielberg manage the Yankees?: Creative thinking in different domains. Korean Journal of Thinking and Problem Solving, 12(2), 5-14.
  • Kaufman, J. C., & Baer, J. (2002). I bask in dreams of suicide: Mental illness, poetry, and women. Review of General Psychology, 6, 271-286.
  • Kaufman, J. C., & Baer, J., & Gentile, C. A., (2004). Differences in gender and ethnicity as measured by ratings of three writing tasks. Journal of Creative Behavior (39), 56-69).
  • Kaufman, J. C., Gentile, C. A., & Baer, J. (2005). Do gifted student writers and creative writing experts rate creativity the same way? Gifted Child Quarterly, 49, 260-265.
  • Kaufman, J. C., Baer, J., Cole, J.C., & Sexton, J. D. (in press). A Comparison of Expert and Nonexpert Raters Using the Consensual Assessment Technique. Creativity Research Journal.
  • Kaufman, J. C., Lee, J., Baer, J., & Lee, S. (in press). Captions, consistency, creativity, and the consensual assessment technique: New evidence of validity. Thinking Skills and Creativity.
  • Stenersen, S., & Baer, J. (1985, September 1). Get rid of school boards. The Washington Post, p. C5.

BOOK CHAPTERS

  • Baer, J. (in press). Free will requires determinism. In Baer, J., Kaufman, J. C., & Baumeister, R. F. (Eds.), Psychology and free will. Oxford University Press.
  • Baer, J. (in press). Gender differences in creativity. In Runco, M. A. (Ed.), Creativity research handbook, Vol. 3. Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press.
  • Baer, J. (2007). Amusement Park Theory of Creativity (APT Model). In Reynolds & Fletcher-Janzen (Eds.) Encyclopedia of Special Education, vol 1, 3rd ed. (pp. 569-570). New York: Wiley.
  • Baer, J. (2007). Consensual Assessment of Creativity (CAT). In Reynolds & Fletcher-Janzen (Eds.) Encyclopedia of Special Education, vol 1, 3rd ed. (pp. 570-571). New York: Wiley.
  • Baer, J. (2007). Creative Problem Solving Institute (CPSI). In Reynolds & Fletcher-Janzen (Eds.) Encyclopedia of Special Education, vol 1, 3rd ed. (pp. 566-567). New York: Wiley.
  • Baer, J. (2003). Evaluative thinking, creativity, and task specificity: Separating wheat from chaff is not the same as finding needles in haystacks. In M. A. Runco (Ed.), Critical creative processes (pp. 129-151). Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press.
  • Baer, J. (1999). Domains of creativity. In Runco, M. A., & Pritzker, S. (Eds.), Encyclopedia of creativity (pp. 591-596). San Diego: Academic Press.
  • Baer, J. (1999). Gender differences in creativity. In Runco, M. A., & Pritzker, S. (Eds.), Encyclopedia of creativity (pp. 753-758). San Diego: Academic Press.
  • Baer, J., & Baer, S. K. (1996). Are group rewards necessary for cooperative learning? In Selected papers from the Seventh National Conference on College Teaching and Learning (pp. 9-14). Jacksonville, FL: Florida Community College at Jacksonville.
  • Baer, J., & Baer, S. (2006). Gender differences in creativity. In Selected papers from the Seventeenth International Conference on College Teaching and Learning (pp. 1-13). Jacksonville, FL: Florida Community College at Jacksonville.
  • Baer, J., & Feldhausen, J. (2007). Enrichment. In Reynolds & Fletcher-Janzen (Eds.) Encyclopedia of Special Education, vol 2, 3rd ed. (pp. 838-839). New York: Wiley.
  • Baer, J., & Kaufman, J. C. (2006). Conclusions. In J. C. Kaufman & J. Baer, (Eds.) Reason and creativity in development (pp. 351-355). Cambridge University Press.
  • Baer, J., & Kaufman, J. C. (2006). Creativity research in English-speaking countries. In J. C. Kaufman & R. J. Sternberg (Eds.), International handbook of creativity (pp. 10-38). Cambridge University Press.
  • Baer, J., & Kaufman, J. C. (2005). Whence creativity? Overlapping and dual aspect skills and traits. In J. C. Kaufman & J. Baer (Eds.), Creativity across domains: Faces of the muse (pp. 313-320). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
  • Baer, J., & Scobee, J. (2007). Enrichment Triad Model. In Reynolds & Fletcher-Janzen (Eds.) Encyclopedia of Special Education, vol. 2, 3rd ed. (pp. 839-840). New York: Wiley.
  • Kaufman, J. C., & Baer, J. (2005). The amusement park theory of creativity. In J. C. Kaufman & J. Baer (Eds.), Creativity across domains: Faces of the muse (pp. 321-328). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
  • Kaufman, J. C., & Baer, J. (2006). Preface. In J. C. Kaufman & J. Baer, (Eds.) Reason and creativity in development (pp. 1-4). Cambridge University Press.
  • Kaufman, J. C., & Baer, J. (2005). How people think, work, and act creatively in diverse domains. In J. C. Kaufman & J. Baer (Eds.), Creativity across domains: Faces of the muse (pp. xiii-xvii). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
  • Kaufman, J. C., & Baer, J. (2004). Hawking's haiku, Madonna's math: Why it's hard to be creative in every room of the house. In R. J. Sternberg, E. L. Grigorenko, & J. L. Singer (Eds.), Creativity: From potential to realization (pp. 3-19). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
  • Kaufman, J. C., Plucker, J. A., Dow, G. T., Baer, J., Andrews, C. J., Mitchell, E. R., & Kaufman, A. B. (2006). Creativity and the special education student. In E. Fletcher-Janzen & C. R. Reynolds (Eds.), Special education almanac (pp. 369-390). New York: Wiley.
  • Paris, C.., Edwards, N., Sheffield, E., Mutinsky, M., Olexa, T., Reilly, S., & Baer, J. (2006). How early school experiences impact creativity: An ecological perspective. In J. C. Kaufman & J. Baer, (Eds.) Reason and creativity in development (pp. 333-350). Cambridge University Press.

PRESENTATIONS

  • Baer, J. (2006). Anti-Intellectualism in Teacher Education? Florida Association of Teacher Educators Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, September 2006.
  • Baer, J. (2006). Creativity and Mental Illness. Invitational Panel Discussion Hosted by Yale's Mind Matters Consortium, New Haven, CT., April 19, 2006.
  • Baer, J. What Do Students Think About Lectures? Florida Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Jacksonville, FL, November 2006.
  • Baer, J. (2005). Knowledge Acquisition and Creativity. Paper presented at the Florida Association for Media in Education, Orlando, FL, Oct. 29-31, 2005.
  • Baer, J. (2005). Creativity Myths and Misconceptions. Paper presented at the 16th International Conference on College Teaching and Learning, Jacksonville, Florida, March 28-April 1, 2005.
  • Baer, J. (2005). Gender and Creativity. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Washington, DC., August 18-21, 2005.
  • Baer, J. (2004). Higher-Achieving Students Prefer Lectures: Aptitude-Treatment Interactions in College Classrooms. Paper presented at the 15th International Conference on College Teaching and Learning, Jacksonville, Florida, March 29-April 2, 2004.
  • Baer, J. (2003). Myths and Misconceptions about Creativity. Keynote Speaker, Johns Hopkins Talent Search Awards Ceremony, Rider University, Lawrenceville, NJ, May 31, 2003.
  • Baer, J. (2002). How Determinism Makes Free Will Possible. Paper presented at Rider University School for Continuing Studies Spring Lecture Series, Lawrenceville, NJ.
  • Baer, J. (2000). The Impact of the Core Knowledge Curriculum on Creativity. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Eastern Educational Research Association, Clearwater, FL.
  • Baer, J. (1999). Creative Teachers, Creative Students, or the Nature of Creativity and How to Get More of It. Invited presentation, Fordham University Creativity Lecture Series, New York, NY.
  • Baer, J. (1998). Teaching for Creativity. Invited presentation at Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg, VA.
  • Baer, J. (1996). The Effects of Task-Specific Divergent Thinking Training. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Philadelphia, PA.
  • Baer, J. (1995). Gender Differences in the Way Extrinsic Motivation Influences Creativity. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Boston, MA.
  • Baer, J. (1992). Divergent Thinking is Not a General Trait: A Multi-Domain Training Experiment. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Washington, DC. (Awarded Berlyne Prize)
  • Baer, J. (1990). Generality of Creativity Across Performance Domains. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Philadelphia, PA.
  • Baer, J., & Baer, S. (2006). Gender Differences in Creativity. Paper presented at the 17th International Conference on College Teaching and Learning, Jacksonville, Florida, April 10-14, 2006.
  • Baer, J., and Baer, S. K. (2005). Creativity: Myths and Misconceptions. Paper presented at the 16th International Conference on College Teaching and Learning, Jacksonville, Florida, March 29-April 2, 2005.
  • Baer, J., and Baer, S. K. (2005). Gender Identity Differences in the Effects of Extrinsic Motivation on Creativity. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Research on Identity Formation, Miami, Florida, February 16-18, 2005.
  • Baer, J., & Baer, S. K. (2003). Research on Techniques for Structuring Cooperative Learning Groups. Paper presented at the 14th International Conference on College Teaching and Learning, Jacksonville, Florida, April 1-5, 2003.
  • Baer, J., & Baer, S. K. (2002). Ability Grouping, Cooperative Learning, and Achievement in Higher Education. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Eastern Educational Research Association, Sarasota, FL, February, 2002.
  • Baer, J., and Baer, S. K. (2002). Chaos and Order in Theories of Creativity. Paper presented at the International Conference on Chaos & Order in Literature and the Performing Arts, Atlanta, GA, November 9, 2002.
  • Baer, J., & Baer, S. K. (2000). Ability Grouping in Cooperative Learning: Effects on Achievement in an Educational Psychology Course. Paper presented at the Joint Conference of the Association for the Advancement of Educational Research and the National Academy of Educational Research, Ponte Verde Beach, FL.
  • Baer, J., & Baer, S. K. (1998). An Empirical Comparison of Distance and In-Class Learning Outcomes. Paper presented at the Ninth International Conference on College Teaching and Learning, Jacksonville, FL.
  • Baer, J., & Baer, S. K. (1997). Group Structure in Cooperative Learning. Paper presented at the Eighth National Conference on College Teaching and Learning, Jacksonville, FL.
  • Baer, J., & Baer, S. K. (1996). Are Group Rewards Necessary for Cooperative Learning? Paper presented at the Seventh National Conference on College Teaching and Learning, Jacksonville, FL.
  • Baer, J., Hanahan, J., & Shaffer, J. (2006, April 27). Mental Illness and Creativity: Are The Two Linked? Recorded live for Public Broadcasting System‚Äôs Soundcheck by WYNC Radio. Available for download at http://www.wnyc.org/shows/soundcheck/episodes/2006/04/27.
  • Baer, J., & Kaufman, J. C. (2004). Reason and Creativity in Cognitive Development. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Honolulu, HA, July 28-31, 2004.
  • Baer, J., Kaufman, J. C., & Oral, G. (2003). Factor Structure of Creativity in America and Turkey. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, Canada, August 7-10, 2003.
  • Baer, S. K., & Baer, J. (2007). Development of an On-line Children's Literature Course for Parents and Teachers. Poster presented at the National Conference on Family Literacy, Orlando, FL, March 4 - 6, 2007.
  • Baer, S. K., & Baer, J. (2004). Varieties of Hybrid Courses. Paper presented at the Tenth Sloan-C International Conference on Asynchronous Learning, Orlando, FL, November 13, 2004.
  • Baer, S. K., & Baer, J. (2003). How Do Online Students Perceive Their Course Community? Paper presented at the Ninth Sloan-C International Conference on Asynchronous Learning, Orlando, FL, November 16, 2003.
  • Kaufman, J. C., & Baer, J. (2004). Amusement Park Theory of Creativity: An Overlapping Skills Model. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Honolulu, HA, July 28-31, 2004.
  • Kaufman, J. C., & Baer, J. (2004). Examining Creativity Self-Assessments Across Different Domains by Gender and Ethnicity. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association meeting, San Diego, CA, April 15, 2004.
  • Kaufman, J. C., Niu, W., Oral, G., Sexton, J., & Baer, J. (2003). Differences in Eminent Chinese and Turkish Creative Writers. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, Canada, August 7-10, 2003.
  • Nogueira, S. N., Kaufman, J. C., & Baer, J. (2005). Creativity Enrichment Programs. Paper presented at the Fifth Congress of the A.N.E.I.S. (Associação Nacional Para o Estudo E Intervenção na Sobredotação), Albufeira, Portugal, February 10-12, 2005.