(2023) Identifying Chemistry Students’ Baseline Systems Thinking Skills when Constructing System Maps for a Topic on Climate Change

Alisha R. Szozda, Peter G. Mahaffy, and Alison B. Flynn,

Journal of Chemical Education2023100 (5), 1763-1776, 

DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.2c00955,

In this article, an investigation is described in which undergraduate chemistry students engaged with system thinking tasks both individually and collaboratively and the participants’ system maps were analyzed to identify aspects of systems thinking where chemistry educators need to place emphasis on when incorporating it in their courses. From the study findings, an adaptable rubric for assessing systems thinking skills was created and is described in this article.