Identifying interconnections and feedback is the most universally reported systems thinking aspect, proposed by all 27 reviewed manuscripts¶

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Subclaims¶

q2 i? In the authors' integrative review, the ST aspect of identifying interconnections and feedback was proposed by all 27 reviewed manuscripts, making it the most consistently reported ST aspect. → Namsoo Shin 2022

Evidence¶

Namsoo Shin 2022¶

Namsoo Shin, Jonathan Bowers, Steve Roderick, Cynthia McIntyre, A. Lynn Stephens, Emil Eidin, Joseph Krajcik, Daniel Damelin. (2022). A framework for supporting systems thinking and computational thinking through constructing models. Instructional Science. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11251-022-09590-9

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The integrative literature review of 27 manuscripts defining systems coding each manuscript against candidate ST aspects. The review reports that identifying interconnections and feedback 'was proposed by all 27 manuscripts', exceeding causal reasoning (25) and predicting behavior (18). No effect size applies.

"ST3, identifying interconnections and feedback , involves analyzing causal chains that result in circular structural patterns (feedback structures) within a system. This aspect of ST was proposed by all 27 manuscripts (Fig. 2)."

Discussion¶

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