| Teaching Humanities Using Systems Tools |
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Author(s):
Jeff Potash, Jason O'Neil-Willoughby, & Beth Olesen |
Subject:
Conference |
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In this workshop, we will explore how different system tools offers opportunities for students to look for patterns in human history and to ask deeper and more thoughtful questions relating to the causes and connections underlying these patterns. Building systems structures (causal loops, connection circles, models) uniquely empowers students to actively explore “what ifs” in ways that bridge past, present, and future. |
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| Teaching Robotics with Goal-Seeking Loops |
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Author(s):
Chris DiCarlo |
Subject:
Science |
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This lesson illustrates using a classic system dynamics goal-seeking loop to help teach coding for robotics. |
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| Teaching System Dynamics to Teachers and Students in 8-12 Environment |
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Author(s):
Diana M. Fisher |
Subject:
Project Histories |
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From CC-STADUS. Paper presented at the 1994 International System Dynamics Conference--System Dynamics, Exploring the Boundaries. The paper presents two topics: l) the details of training math, science, and social studies teachers in systemic modeling duri |
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| Teenagers with Global Control |
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Author(s):
Teresa F. Hazel, & Timothy Joy |
Subject:
Cross-Curricular |
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From CC-STADUS. After reading "Fahrenheit 451", students inherit a nation out of control with respect to its population and resources and have a cyber-century to salvage it. This model hails from "The Rulers" packet, with a few changes in the model and presentation. It begins with a basic population model, and so it works well for inexperienced STELLA users, teachers as well as students. It then expands through three permutations, and so do the curricular possibilities. |
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| The Art of Money in Art: Understanding the Value of a Collectible |
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Author(s):
Maureen Byrne |
Subject:
Cross-Curricular |
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From Catalina Foothills School District. Developed for an 8th grade Visual Art course, this unit uses Behavior-over-Time Graphs, causal loop diagrams, and a STELLA model to help students learn many systems concepts as well as their studio art and art history lesson. |
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| The Bank Balance Problem (D4264-1) |
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Author(s):
Kamil Msefer |
Subject:
Math |
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Exponential growth could be taught using this model. Introduction to concept of limits and differential equations, modeling and positive feedback loops. |
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| The Beginning of System Dynamics (D-4165-1) |
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Author(s):
Jay W. Forrester |
Subject:
System Dynamics |
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Banquet Talk at the international meeting of the System Dynamics Society, Stuttgart, Germany, July 13, l989. Not a technical talk but a very personal recollection of how Jay Forrester came to develop the field of system dynamics. There are two threads that run through the history. First, everything he has ever done has converged to become system dynamics. Second, at many critical moments, when opportunity knocked, he was willing to walk through the open door to what was on the other side. He discusses this combination of past experience and the turning points that led from one stage to the next. |
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| The CC-STADUS Project: Developing and Nurturing a Cadre of Pre-College Teachers Using System Dynamics/Computer Modeling in the Classroom |
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Author(s):
Ron Zaraza |
Subject:
Project Histories |
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From CC-STADUS. A history and evaluation of the CC-STADUS Project, highlighting some major success and a variety of problems in the process of training more than 80 pre-college science, mathematics, and social science teachers in the basics of computer mo |
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| The CC-STADUS Training Materials: A Program for Developing Models and Modelers for the Pre-College Environment |
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Author(s):
Tim Joy, Ron Zaraza, & Scott Guthrie |
Subject:
Project Histories |
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From CC-STADUS. A summary of the CC-STADUS Project training program funded by the National Science Foundation, including a schedule and description of the 12-day program. |
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| The Challenges of Infusing System Dynamics into a K-8 Curriculum |
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Author(s):
Debra Lyneis, & Davida Fox-Melanson |
Subject:
Implementation |
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Presented to the 2001 International System Dynamics Society Conference in Atlanta, Georgia. This paper describes the process of developing and implementing system dynamics lessons in the Carlisle, MA Public Schools. Using one lesson as an example, it will illustrate what the children do and what they learn. It also presents the problems of imbedding the lesson and the systems approach into the curriculum. |
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