| Getting Started with System Thinking in the Primary Grades |
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Author(s):
Sharon Coffin |
Subject:
Implementation |
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From Maumee Valley Country Day School. Sharon Coffin's account of her start in teaching systems thinking and some curricula she developed to teach the concepts to the primary grades. |
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| How Is This Similar to That? The skill of recognizing parallel dynamic structures on center stage |
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Author(s):
Linda Booth Sweeney |
Subject:
Research |
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This article is intended to put systems educators' daily work in context for educational researchers and to highlight a central skill for schools seeking to teach students to see, understand, and ultimately affect the systems around them. |
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| Improving Education In Public Schools: Innovative Teachers To The Rescue |
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Author(s):
Gordon S. Brown |
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Why K12 SD |
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A discussion of the concepts of system dynamics and how they particularly relate to the educational framework of today's society. |
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| Innovation in Schools: A Model to Help Structure the Discussion and Guide the Search for Strategies D-4765 |
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Author(s):
Gary B. Hirsch |
Subject:
Implementation |
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This paper illustrates the steps in a system dynamics analysis of a problem, building a VENSIM model of educational innovation developed to help educators, administrators and others understand the process of innovation, specifically in a school's curriculum. Funded by the Gordon Brown Fund. |
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| Integrating Systems Thinking and Simulation into the Eighth Grade Science Curriculum |
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Author(s):
Frank Draper |
Subject:
Implementation |
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A basic outline of the use of the systems approach in eighth grade science, including possible problems and benefits for teachers and students. |
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| Interdisciplinary Evaluation Techniques Using System Dynamics (D-4320-1) |
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Author(s):
Tad T. Sudnick |
Subject:
Implementation |
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This paper discusses how the use of STELLA models in a high school science class demands interdisciplinary skills and content, and the importance of evaluating them. |
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| Intro Booklet for System Dynamics in K12 |
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Author(s):
CLE |
Subject:
Implementation |
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A packet of materials designed to help those conversant with system dynamics become involved with the education of students ages 3-19. Contains brochures, resource list, and other tips and techniques from the CLE. |
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| Introducing System Dynamics and Systems Thinking to a School (and Children) Near You |
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Author(s):
CLE |
Subject:
Implementation |
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A packet of materials designed to help those conversant with system dynamics become involved with the education of students ages 3-19. Contains brochures, resource list, USB drive with all CLE materials and simulations. |
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| Introducing System Dynamics into the Traditional Secondary Curriculum: The CC-STADUS Project's Search for Leverage Points |
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Author(s):
Ron Zaraza, & Diana Fisher |
Subject:
Implementation |
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From CC-STADUS. A discussion of the single-subject natural "entry points" for system dynamics—areas where systems ideas and models are natural topics. Examples are given for physics, biology, mathematics, social sciences and literature. |
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| It All Comes Down to Dirt |
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Author(s):
Linda Booth Sweeney |
Subject:
Implementation |
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A brief report on the use of the Healthy Chickens, Healthy Pastures playkit and curriculum guide. |
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