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Listed below are materials providing background information and support for systems thinking and related best practice in K-12 education.  Key concepts are listed for each resource. A link is provided for materials available from a single distributor. All others are available from multiple sources.

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To order Systems 1: An Introduction to Systems Thinking please contact:
     Systems Education, Inc.
     PO Box 29615 
     Minneapolis, MN  55429-0615

     Email: systemseducation@gmail.com 
     Telephone: 763-560-6594
     Fax: 763-560-25244




Resource    Key Concepts    Ordering Information


7 Habits Of Highly Effective People
Stephen R. Covey
   thinking, interdependence, leadership    ISBN 671708635
 
A Field Guide To Using Visual Tools
David Hyerle
   systems thinking, mapping, visual tools    ISBN 871203677
www.ascd.org
 
Activating And Engaging Habits Of Mind
Arthur L. Costa & Bena Kallick
   interdependence, mental models, shared vision, personal mastery    ISBN 100033F59
www.ascd.org
 
Applying Systems Archetypes
Daniel Kim & Colleen Lannon
   systems thinking, causal loops, archetype    ISBN 1883823102
www.pegasuscom.com
 
Art Of Systems Thinking
Joseph O’Connor & Ian McDermott
   systems thinking, causal loops, archetype, organizational learning    ISBN 722534426
 
Assessing And Reporting On Habits Of Mind
Arthur L. Costa & Bena Kallick
   interdependence, mental models, shared vision, personal mastery    ISBN 871203707
www.ascd.org
 
Assessing Student Outcomes
R. Marzano, D. Pickering, J. McTighe
   instruction, assessment, organizational learning    ISBN 871202255
www.ascd.org
 
Becoming Good American Schools: The Struggle For Civic Virtue In Education Reform
Jeannie Oakes, et al
   organizational learning, mental models    ISBN 0787962244
 
Best Practice: New Standards for Teaching and Learning in America’s Schools
Steven Zemellman, Harvey Daniels, Arthur Hyde
   instruction, assessment, organizational learning    ISBN 325000913
 
Billibonk & The Big Itch
Philip Ramsey
   causal loops, archetypes, systems thinking    ISBN 188382317x
 
Billibonk & The Thorn Patch
Philip Ramsey
   causal loops, archetypes, systems thinking    ISBN 1883823099
www.pegasuscom.com
 
Biological Consequences Of Global Climate Change
Christine A. Ennis & Nancy H. Marcus
   system dynamics, science, climate, environment    ISBN 935702857
www.uscibooks.com
 
Business Dynamics, Systems Thinking and Modeling for a Complex World
John D. Sterman
   system dynamics, causal loops, computer model    ISBN 72311355
 
Change Forces
Michael Fullan
   organizational learning, mental models    ISBN 1850008264
 
Change Forces The Sequel
Michael Fullan
   organizational learning, mental models    ISBN 750707550
 
Classroom Dynamics - Implementing a Technology-Based Learning Environment
Ellen B. Mandiach, Hugh F. Cline
   system dynamics, computer model    ISBN 805805559
 
Classroom Instruction That Works
Robert Marzano, Debra Pickering, Jane Pollack
   instruction, assessment, organizational learning    ISBN 871205041
www.ascd.org
 
Climatic Variation In Earth History
Eric J. Barron
   system dynamics, science, climate, environment    ISBN 935702822
www.uscibooks.com
 
Clouds And Climatic Change
Glenn E. Shaw
   system dynamics, science, climate, environment    ISBN 935702873
www.uscibooks.com
 
Common Ground: The Water, Earth, and Air We Share
Molly Bang
   environment, tragedy of the commons, interdependence    ISBN 590100564
 
Creating Shared Vision
Marjorie Parker
   organizational learning, shared vision    ISBN 963000004
www.pegasuscom.com
 
Dance Of Change
Peter M. Senge, et al
   organizational learning, shared vision, systems thinking, interdependence    ISBN 0385493223
 
Designing A Systems Thinking Intervention
Goodman, Karash, Lannon, O’Reilly, Seville
   organizational learning, shared vision, systems thinking, interdependence    ISBN 1883823145
www.pegasuscom.com
 
Different Drum
M. Scott Peck, MD
   organizational learning, mental models    ISBN 684848589
 
Discovering And Exploring Habits Of Mind
Arthur L. Costa & Bena Kallick
   interdependence, mental models, shared vision, personal mastery    ISBN 100032F59
www.ascd.org
 
Dynamic Modeling
Bruce Hannon and Ruth Matthias
   system dynamics, computer model    ISBN 387-94309-3
 
Educating Everybody’s Children : Diverse Teaching Strategies for Diverse Learners
Robert Cole
   instruction, assessment, organizational learning, mental models    ISBN 871202379
www.ascd.org
 
Effective Teamwork
Michael Maginn
   organizational learning, team learning    ISBN 1556238800
 
El Nino And The Peruvian Anchovy Fishery
Edward A. Laws
   system dynamics, science, climate, environment    ISBN 935702792
www.uscibooks.com
 
Emotional Intelligence
Daniel Goleman
   mental models    ISBN 553375067
 
Feedback Thought in Social Science and Systems Theory
George Richardson
   system dynamics, computer model    ISBN 812230531
 
Fifth Discipline Fieldbook, The: Strategies & tools for Building a Learning Organization
Peter Senge, Art Kleiner, Charlotte Roberts
   organizational learning, shared vision, systems thinking, personal mastery, team learning, interdependence    ISBN 385472560
 
Fifth Discipline, The: The Art of Practice of the Learning Organization
Peter M. Senge
   organizational learning, shared vision, systems thinking, personal mastery, team learning, interdependence    ISBN 385260954
 
Fly A Cell
High Performance Systems
   computer simulation   
www.iseesystems.com
 
Frankl’s "Thorn Patch" / Frankl’s "Thorn Patch" Fieldbook
Philip Ramsey
   causal loops, archetypes, systems thinking    ISBN 1883823218
www.pegasuscom.com
 
Global Citizen
Donella Meadows
   systems thinking, interdependence    ISBN 1559630590
 
Integrating And Sustaining Habits Of Mind
Arthur Costa & Ben Kallick
   interdependence, mental models, shared vision, personal mastery    ISBN 871203715
www.ascd.org
 
Introduction To Computer Simulation A System Dynamics Modeling Approach
Nancy Roberts, David Anderson, Ralph Deal, Michael Garet, William Shaffer
   system dynamics, computer model    ISBN 1563271702
 
Introduction To Systems Thinking
Daniel Kim
   systems thinking, causal loops, archetype    ISBN 188382334x
pegasuscom.com
 
Investigating Systems And Change
BSCS - Textbook Series
   dynamic systems, science    ISBN 7872-5375-8
 
Leadership And The New Science
Margaret J. Wheatley
   organizational learning, systems thinking, interdependence    ISBN 1576750558
 
Leadership Is
Harrison Owen
   organizational learning, leadership    ISBN 961820519
 
Leadership Is An Art
Max DePree
   organizational learning, leadership    ISBN 440503248
 
Leadership Jazz
Max DePree
   organizational learning, leadership    ISBN 550606296
 
Managing The Rapids
Kellie Wardman O’Reilly
   organizational learning, leadership    ISBN 1883823080
pegasuscom.com
 
Mindmapping
Joyce Wycoff
   instruction, mapping, visual tools    ISBN 4251280x
 
Modeling And Simulation In Science And Mathematics Education
Wallace Feurzeig and Nancy Roberts, editors
   dynamic systems, computer model, science, mathematics    ISBN 387983163
 
Modeling Dynamic Biological Systems
Bruce Hannon & Matthias Ruth
   dynamic systems, computer model, science, mathematics    ISBN 387948503
 
Modeling The Environment, An Introduction to System Dynamics Modeling of Environmental Systems
Andrew Ford
   dynamic systems, computer model, science, mathematics    ISBN 1559636017
 
On Dialogue
David Bohm
   organizational learning, team learning, personal mastery    ISBN 415149126
 
Outlearning The Wolves, Surviving and Thriving in a Learning Organization
David Hutchens
   organizational learning, team learning, personal mastery    ISBN 1883823242
pegasuscom.com
 
Overcoming Organizational Defenses: Facilitating Organizational Learning
Chris Argyris
   organizational learning, team learning, personal mastery    ISBN 205123384
 
Population Growth
Judith E. Jacobsen
   dynamic systems, computer model, science, mathematics    ISBN 935702814
www.uscibooks.com
 
Productive Workplaces: Organizing And Managing For Dignity, Meaning, And Community
Marvin R. Weisbord
   organizational learning, team learning, personal mastery    ISBN 1555423701
 
Reflections On Creating Learning Organizations
Kellie T. Wardman
   organizational learning, team learning, personal mastery, shared vision    ISBN 188382303x
pegasuscom.com
 
Schools That Learn, A Fifth Discipline Fieldbook for Educators, Parent and Everyone Who Cares About Education
Peter Senge
   organizational learning, team learning, personal mastery, shared vision, systems thinking, mental models    ISBN 385493231
 
Seeing Systems, Unlocking the Mysteries of Organizational Life
Barry Oshry
   organizational learning, team learning, personal mastery, shared vision, systems thinking, mental models    ISBN 1881052990
 
Six Thinking Hats
Edward De Bono
   thinking, decision making    ISBN 316178314
 
Structuring Schools For Success
Mary Scheetz & Tracy Benson
   organizational learning, team learning, personal mastery, shared vision, systems thinking, mental models    ISBN 803961308
www.corwinpress.com
 
System Archetype Basics, From Story to Structure
Daniel Kim & Virginia Anderson
   systems thinking, causal loops, archetype    ISBN 883823188
pegasuscom.com
 
System Archetypes II
Daniel Kim
   systems thinking, causal loops, archetype    ISBN 1883823056
pegasuscom.com
 
System Behavior And System Modeling
Arthur Few
   system dynamics, computer model    ISBN 935702881
www.uscibooks.com
 
System Behavior And System Modeling (Instructor’s Manual)
Arthur A. Few
   system dynamics, computer model    ISBN 935702849
www.uscibooks.com
 
System Effects: Complexity in Political & Social Life
Robert Jervis
   dynamic system, systems thinking, social science    ISBN 691005303
 
Systems 1: An Introduction to Systems Thinking
Draper L. Kauffman, Jr.
   systems thinking, circular causality, feedback    ISBN 9780964704428
 
Systems Archetypes I
Daniel Kim
   systems thinking, causal loops, archetype    ISBN 1883823005
pegasuscom.com
 
Systems Thinking Basics, From Concepts to Causal Loops
Virginia Anderson & Lauren Johnson
   systems thinking, causal loops, archetype    ISBN 1883823129
pegasuscom.com
 
Systems Thinking Playbook
Dennis Meadows, Linda Booth Sweeney
   systems thinking, causal loops, archetypes, interdependencies    ISBN 0966612779
 
Systems Thinking Tools
Daniel Kim
   systems thinking, causal loops, archetype    ISBN 1883823021
pegasuscom.com
 
The "Thinking" In Systems Thinking: Seven Essential Skills
Barry Richmond
   systems thinking, circular causality, causal loops, feedback    ISBN 188382348x
pegasuscom.com
 
The Shape of Change
Rob Quaden & Alan Ticotsky
   BOTGs, connection circles, systems thinking, system dynamics    ISBN 0-9753-169-0-7
www.clexchange.org/shapeofchange/
 
The Shape of Change Stocks and Flows: A Beginning
Rob Quaden and Alan Ticotsky
   Stocks / Flows, Change over time   
www.clexchange.org/shapeofchange/
 
The Sun-Earth System
John Streete
   system dynamics, science, climate, environment    ISBN 935702865
www.uscibooks.com
 
Visual Tools For Constructing Knowledge
David Hyerle
   systems thinking, visual tools, mapping    ISBN 871202662
 
When A Butterfly Sneezes
Linda Booth Sweeney
   systems thinking, children's literature    ISBN 1883823528
pegasuscom.com
 
Why Things Bite Back
Edward Tenner
   systems thinking, unintended consequences, feedback    ISBN 679425632
 
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