Books

There are various books available for teaching critical thinking using system dynamics. All of the books below are written in conjunction with the Creative Learning Exchange and are available for sale at Amazon.

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The Shape of Change, including The Shape of Change: Stocks and Flows

by Rob Quaden and Alan Ticotsky with Debra Lyneis

This combined edition of two books contains lessons that engage students in classroom activities that help them understand not only what but also why things change over time. Why did doubling cause the number of friends to grow exponentially? Why did the mammoths go extinct? Why did the boiling water cool to room temperature?

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Model Mysteries: An Exploration of Vampires, Zombies, and Other Fantastic Scenarios to Make the World a Better Place

by Anne LaVigne and Lees Stuntz

How can zombie chickens taking over the world be similar to a growing national debt or the possible extinction of an endangered species?
How can the distribution of a new mind-control technology be similar to working toward a goal, like improving your grades?

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Now What? A Call to Action

by Alan Ticotsky and the Creative Learning Exchange

The world faces a decision point in the 21st Century. Major “Environmental Systems” are becoming so stressed that our future quality of life may decline after hundreds of years of growth and development. But strategies and choices exist that lead to a happier outcome.

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Dollars and Sense: Stay in the Black

by Jeff Potash and John Heinbokel

Lessons in Dollars and Sense: Stay in the Black: Saving and Spending, geared toward students as young as 10 (on up to adults!), progress from simple lessons in saving toward goals, to saving and spending and finally to saving with interest. Dollars and Sense II: Our Interest in Interest adds greater realism, first by introducing how individual interest-bearing AND interest charging instruments (credit cards, mortgages, loans) work, then by challenging students to balance each in their efforts to maximize their chance for building a prosperous future.

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Dollars and Sense II: Our Interest in Interest

by Jeff Potash

Dollars and Sense II: Our Interest in Interest adds greater realism, first by introducing how individual interest-bearing AND interest charging instruments (credit cards, mortgages, loans) work, then by challenging students to balance each in their efforts to maximize their chance for building a prosperous future.

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Critical Thinking Using Systems Thinking and Dynamic Modeling

by the Creative Learning Exchange

Looking to improve critical thinking in students? The How and the Why of using systems thinking and dynamic modeling are together in one book. This booklet provides frameworks and shows how using systems thinking and dynamic modeling improve critical thinking in students.

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Systems in Motion Level A: Exploring Complexity Through an Interdisciplinary Lens

by Jennifer Andersen, Anne LaVigne, and the Creative Learning Exchange

Oscillation lessons focused on beginning systems students. Explore springs, interpersonal relationships, and predator/prey interactions in these excellent lessons.

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Systems in Motion Level B: Exploring Complexity Through an Interdisciplinary Lens

by Jennifer Andersen, Anne LaVigne, and the Creative Learning Exchange

Expand upon the level of complexity explored during the Level A book! Also, begin to touch on the complex nature of burnout and commodities.

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Systems in Motion Level C: Exploring Complexity Through an Interdisciplinary Lens

by Jennifer Andersen, Anne LaVigne, and the Creative Learning Exchange

Level C lessons are much more complex and include specific information to make these lessons easier to understand. In these lessons, students explore springs, interpersonal relationships, predator/prey interactions, burnout, and commodities.

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