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John Sterman.
Behrens, Nicholas A
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
2007-03-12T17:54:32Z
2007-03-12T17:54:32Z
2006
2006
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/36796
79637972
Thesis (M. Eng. and S.B.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2006.
Includes bibliographical references (leaf 50).
As the world becomes increasingly connected, traditional problem solving and decision-making skills becomes less effective. Complex systems found in nature and society exhibit long time delays between cause and effect, feedback, and non-linearity making it difficult to reason effectively about system behavior. Recent studies have shown even highly educated graduate students lack basic systems thinking skills indicating a need for improved system dynamics education. This paper describes the development of a two new tools for improving system dynamics education: a stock-flow simulator that allows users to experiment with simple stock-flow systems, and a web application framework for building system dynamics surveys. This framework is used to build a survey capable of evaluating systems thinking skills and compare the effectiveness of online teaching methods.
by Nicholas A. Behrens.
M.Eng.
S.B.
67 leaves
eng
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
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