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A community-based complex systems approach to high school completion
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posted on 2017-05-01, 00:00 authored by M Kasman, Brynle Owen, Josh HaywardJosh HaywardHigh school completion, like many educational phenomena, is the result of processes that, when taken together, constitute a complex system. In this paper, we describe the innovative use of group model building (GMB) as an entry point for complex systems analysis of educational processes that collectively determine high school completion. GMB exercises were conducted in a community in the state of Victoria in Australia. GMB brought together stakeholders from around the community and encouraged them to view high school completion from a complex systems perspective. Not only were participants able to use their experience to create an action plan to increase high school graduation rates but they also provided researchers with valuable information that can be used as input into rigorous, quantitative models of high school completion.
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Systems research and behavioral scienceVolume
34Issue
3Season
May/June, special issuePagination
267 - 276Publisher
Wiley-BlackwellLocation
Chichester, Eng.Publisher DOI
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1092-7026eISSN
1099-1743Language
engPublication classification
C Journal article; C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
2016, John Wiley & SonsUsage metrics
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