As science and technology create an ecosystem that is becoming increasingly more
knowledge-intensive, complex, and interconnected, the next generation science standards …

Systems thinking and modeling are two critical 21st-century skills that teachers and
educators are expected to impart to students, and students are expected to acquire and …

Background: The ability to solve complex challenges facing the food system is an
increasingly important skill for undergraduate students entering into the global workforce …

Systems thinking is an important skill in science and engineering education. Our study
objectives were (1) to create the basis for a systems thinking language common to both …

Featured Application Model-Based Systems Engineering is an edX Professional Certificate
Program comprised of two five-week courses that teach principles and applications of model …

Integral to fostering computational thinking (CT) skills, which are increasingly essential in
today's digital era, has been the shift of paper‐based pictorial modeling activities to …

Contribution: A rubric for assessing the systems thinking expressed in conceptual models of
technological systems has been constructed and assessed using a formal methodology. The …

Contributing to the demand of implementing complex system principles in science education
to strengthen scientific understanding, the present thesis focuses at different aims in current …

Institutions of higher education are vast interconnected networks of departments, programs,
majors, and courses, whose complexity is only increased by the rapid growth and availability …

The present study explores how engaging in modeling practice, along with argumentation,
leverages students' epistemic and conceptual understanding in an afterschool science/math …