Assessing systems thinking: A tool to measure complex reasoning through ill-structured problems

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dc.contributor.authorGrohs, Jacob R.en
dc.contributor.authorKirk, Gary R.en
dc.contributor.authorSoledad, Michelle M.en
dc.contributor.authorKnight, David B.en
dc.contributor.departmentEngineering Educationen
dc.date.accessioned2019-09-16T19:02:45Zen
dc.date.available2019-09-16T19:02:45Zen
dc.date.issued2018-06en
dc.description.abstractAn increasingly important aim of higher education is to develop graduates capable of addressing complex, interdependent problems. Systems thinking is a critical interdisciplinary skill that describes the cognitive flexibility needed to collaboratively work on problems facing society. Although institutions of higher education are asked to develop systems thinkers and many programs strive towards such an aim, mechanisms to assess this competency are lacking. This paper (1) presents a framework for operationalizing systems thinking competency, and (2) shares a novel scenario-based assessment tool based on the framework. The paper describes the iterative development of the community-level problem scenario and associated scoring rubric based on a set of 93 student responses. Appendices contain the full tool consisting of the problem scenario, scoring rubric, and other guiding documents to enable others to adopt the tool for research purposes or to assess student outcomes from university programs.en
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsc.2018.03.003en
dc.identifier.eissn1878-0423en
dc.identifier.issn1871-1871en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/93723en
dc.identifier.volume28en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/en
dc.subjectSystems thinkingen
dc.subjectProblem-solvingen
dc.subjectIll-structured problemsen
dc.subjectComplex problemsen
dc.subjectWicked problemsen
dc.subjectAssessment toolen
dc.subjectScenario-based assessmenten
dc.subjectRubricen
dc.subjectCollege-wide learning outcomesen
dc.titleAssessing systems thinking: A tool to measure complex reasoning through ill-structured problemsen
dc.title.serialThinking Skills and Creativityen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
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