System Dynamics at the pre-college level, its time has come. English teachers have sufficient comfort with technology. Tools such as STELLA II and PowerSim have provided the broad-based language for communication and understanding. A recently awarded 3 year National Science Foundation grant, CC-STADUS (Cross-Curricular System Thinking and Dynamics Using STELL), is training 165 high school math, science, and social studies teachers in system modeling using STELLA II. Teachers develop some models within their curricular areas. Then Cross-curricular teacher teams are formed to design at least one large model and develop curricular materials around the model so it can be used immediately in their classes. The training is done by high school teachers and by speakers from industry who use modeling in their work. The teacher participants are responsible for sharing their knowledge and expertise with other faculty and with students in their classes. High school students are using systems concepts at various levels. At lower levels (especially with "at-risk" students) the teacher demonstrates how a model is designed and students manipulate the model and predict new behavior. At the middle level, students develop a model as a class activity under the direct guidance of the teacher. At the highest level, students select a topic of interest, formulate boundaries, work with an information resource person, and work with a modeling resource person to develop a model and present it to a class.

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• 1994

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System Dynamic Society Records

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• This collection is part of the University Archives