| Concept Learning - Feedback Loops |
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Author(s):
Steve Wilhite |
Subject:
Research |
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This paper describes a project Steve Wilhite completed in 2008, for a class in his instructional systems technology program. It is an instructional analysis for a lesson on the concept of feedback loops.
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| Connected Wisdom Teacher's Guide |
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Author(s):
Linda Booth Sweeney |
Subject:
Cross-Curricular |
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The Connected Wisdom Teacher’s Guide is designed to guide educators through lesson plans that will explain living systems principles for their students. The guide was created with students aged 10-18 in mind, but the lessons can be adapted for younger students. It is a companion to "Connected Wisdom: Living Stories about Living Systems." |
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| Connected Wisdom: Living Stories about Living Systems Chapter 10: Reinforcing Feedback |
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Author(s):
Schlumberger , & Linda Booth Sweeney |
Subject:
Cross-Curricular |
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"Connected Wisdom: Living Stories about Living Systems" is a book of 12 stories from fables and folktales that illustrate twelve principles that guide living systems. The principle of the story in Chapter 10 is "reinforcing feedback." |
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| Consider The Gypsy Moth: An Example of System Dynamics for Carlisle |
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Author(s):
Debra Lyneis |
Subject:
Implementation |
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An explanation of how system dynamics would "look" and work in a curriculum, using the gypsy moth caterpillar as a concrete example of its application in a science curriculum. A simple presentation which clearly demonstrates how to start using and understanding basic system dynamics and modeling. |
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| Cooling Cup Packet |
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Author(s):
Celeste Chung, & Albert Powers |
Subject:
Science |
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The original paper by Celeste Chung and a follow-up by Albert Powers. Includes: a) A Cooling Cup Of Coffee (Celeste V. Chung). A simple model describing the dynamics of a cooling cup of coffee as illustrative of constant outflow and negative feedback. b) Cooling Cup of Coffee II. (Albert Powers). A follow-up to Celeste Chung's paper "A Cooling Cup of Coffee," giving additional information and input into the dynamics involved. |
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| Counterintuitive Behavior of Social Systems (D-4468-2) |
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Author(s):
Jay W. Forrester |
Subject:
System Dynamics |
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A paper introducing the concepts and applications of system dynamics. Forrester discusses social policies and their derivation from incomplete understandings of complex systems. Also appears as Chapter 14, pages 211-244, in author's Collected Papers 1975; and as Chapter 1, pages 3-30, in Toward Global Equilibrium: Collected Papers, 1973. Also in Road Maps 1. |
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| Create and Run Your Own Newspaper: A Journalism Unit with a Simulation Game Part 1: Publish a Newspaper |
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Author(s):
Daniel Barcan, Leah Zuckerman, Gary B. Hirsch, & Debra Lyneis |
Subject:
Cross-Curricular |
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Part 1 of a 3 part series. In this interdisciplinary language arts and social studies journalism unit, middle school students write articles and create their own newspapers.
CS connection: Ineffective Action.
Through this 3-part journalism unit, students can take on the role of newspaper owner. Using a simulation model, they can experience first-hand the complexity of managing a business. In complex systems, the levers we choose to push or pull often turn out to be low leverage policies, having little or no effect, or even the opposite effect of what was planned. This experience will help students gain an appreciation of how complex systems thwart our management of them through their interconnecting network of feedback loops. |
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Link to the simulation: http://www.clexchange.org/ftp/documents/x-curricular/CC2000-10NewspaperPart1.pdf
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| Create and Run Your Own Newspaper: A Journalism Unit with a Simulation Game Part 2: Play the Game |
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Author(s):
Daniel Barcan, Leah Zuckerman, Gary B. Hirsch, & Debra Lyneis |
Subject:
Cross-Curricular |
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Part 2 of a 3 part series. In this second part of a three-part journalism unit, students become newspaper owners and try to run their own successful businesses on a simulation game. The game is a system dynamics management flight simulator, a realistic model of a newspaper business which students run by making their own policy decisions on quality, hiring, firing, and pricing.
Complex Systems Connection: Ineffective Action.
Through this 3-part journalism unit, students can take on the role of newspaper owner. Using a simulation model, they can experience first-hand the complexity of managing a business. In complex systems, the levers we choose to push or pull often turn out to be low leverage policies, having little or no effect, or even the opposite effect of what was planned. This experience will help students gain an appreciation of how complex systems thwart our management of them through their interconnecting network of feedback loops. |
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| Create and Run Your Own Newspaper: A Journalism Unit with a Simulation Game Part 3: Examine the Model |
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Author(s):
Daniel Barcan, Leah Zuckerman, Gary B. Hirsch, & Debra Lyneis |
Subject:
Cross-Curricular |
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Part 3 of a 3 part series. In this last part of a three-part journalism unit, students and teachers can take a closer look at the system dynamics model underlying the management flight simulator game from Part 2. There is a brief explanation of the model in simple terms, followed by a series of activities using the model as a laboratory.
Complex Systems Connection: Ineffective Action
Through this 3-part journalism unit, students can take on the role of newspaper owner. Using a simulation model, they can experience first-hand the complexity of managing a business. In complex systems, the levers we choose to push or pull often turn out to be low leverage policies, having little or no effect, or even the opposite effect of what was planned. This experience will help students gain an appreciation of how complex systems thwart our management of them through their interconnecting network of feedback loops. |
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| Creating Online Simulations for the Classroom with STELLA and isee NetSim |
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Author(s):
Joanne Egner, & Jeremy Merritt |
Subject:
Conference |
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During this hands-on workshop you will create an interactive learning environment with STELLA and publish it online using isee NetSim wizard. Come see how easy it is to create web-based simulations and learning environments for use in your classroom. Both new and current STELLA users are welcome. Please bring a laptop computer. |
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