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Tracey A. Regenold; Sheila E. Murphy; Philip A. Reed – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2025
A design-based research study on the development of one-page tools to support systemic thinking in public managers is presented. Study participants included public managers of social and human service agencies within government or nonprofit organizations, as learners for whom the tools were designed; and instructional design professionals,…
Descriptors: Systems Approach, Thinking Skills, Public Administration, Social Services
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Czerkawski, Betul C.; Lyman, Eugene W., III – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2015
The term computational thinking (CT) has been in academic discourse for decades, but gained new currency in 2006, when Jeanette Wing used it to describe a set of thinking skills that students in all fields may require in order to succeed. Wing's initial article and subsequent writings on CT have been broadly influential; experts in…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Thinking Skills, Relevance (Education), Educational Research
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Cabiness, Catherine; Donovan, Loretta; Green, Tim D. – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2013
This case study examines the benefits of integrating wikis into the World History curriculum. Six middle school students chosen because of their designation in relevant subgroups--GATE, AVID, and RSP--participated in this 20-week study. Abstract historical concepts can be difficult to grasp; therefore, students collaborated via a wiki on topics…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Middle School Students, World History, History Instruction