The aims of university System Dynamics (SD) programs include the mastery of systems thinking skills, modeling skills, and/or application to solving real-world, dynamic, complex problems. Existing research has articulated learning sequences of what learners should know and be able to do, and when. It is called the competence development framework…

The purposes of this study are to develop a valid procedure for teaching students to use behavioral objectives and to determine minimal levels of competence in using objectives. It was hypothesized that when objectives are provided for a unit of instruction, subjects trained to use objectives will score significantly higher on an examination…

Mastery learning is an approach to learning whereby students are expected to demonstrate competence of one level, or unit, of learning objectives before advancing to the next level. Most junior college instruction is group-paced, with the instructor determining the rate with which units are presented. One compromise between existing instruction…