(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 Education 2023 100 (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.