References / Further Research

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Cabrera, D., & Cabrera, L. (2026). From zoo smart to jungle-smart: Training mental fitness for adapting to real-world complexity. Journal of Systems Thinking, 6(1), 1–38. https://doi.org/10.54120/jost.v26i1.dc6iqtq6.

Cabrera, D., Cabrera, L., & Cabrera, E. (2022). Perspectives organize information in mind and nature: Empirical findings of point-view perspective (P) in cognitive and material complexity. Systems, 10(3) 52. https://doi.org/10.3390/systems10030052

Cabrera, D., Cabrera, L. & Cabrera, E. (2022).  The ‘fish tank’ experiments: Metacognitive awareness of distinctions, systems, relation perspectives (DSRP) significantly increases cognitive complexity. Systems, 10(2), 29. https://doi.org/10.3390/systems10020029

Cabrera, D., & Colosi, L. (2010). Thinking at Every Desk: Four simple skills to transform your classroom (1st ed.). W.W. Norton.

Cabrera, D., & Di Marco, G. (2024) Common biases in systems thinking. Journal of Systems Thinking Preprints. https://www.scienceopen.com/hosted-document?doi=10.54120/jost.pr000037.v1

Donohoo, J. (2017). Collective teacher efficacy research: Implications for professional learning. Journal of Professional Capital and Community, 2(2), 101–116.https://doi.org/10.1108/JPCC-10-2016-0027.

Dimaggio, P., & Powell, W. (1983). “Excerpt from ‘The Iron Cage Revisited: Institutional Isomorphism and Collective Rationality in Organizational Fields.’ From American Sociological Review, 48:147-154, 158-160.

Goddard, R. D., Hoy, W.K.,  & Hoy, A.W. (2000). Collective teacher efficacy: Its meaning, measure, and impact on student achievement. American Educational Research Journal 37(2), 479–507.  https://doi.org/10.2307/1163531

Goddard, R., Goddard, Y., Kim, E.S., & Miller, R. (2015). A theoretical and empirical analysis of the roles of instructional leadership, teacher collaboration, and collective efficacy beliefs in support of student learning. American Journal of Education, 121(4), 501–530. https://doi.org/10.1086/681925

Goode, G. S., & MacGillivray, L. (2023). The construction of systems thinking pedagogy during a professional development institute. Journal of Pedagogical Research, 7(4), 275–302. https://doi.org/10.33902/JPR.202318879

Huang, J., Hmelo-Silver, C. E., Jordan, R., Gray, S., Frensley, T., Newman, G., & Stern, M. J. (2018). Scientific discourse of citizen scientists: Models as a boundary object for collaborative problem solving. Computers in Human Behavior, 87, 480–492. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2018.04.004

Jess, M., Atencio, M., & Carse, N. (2018). Integrating complexity thinking with teacher education practices: A collective yet unpredictable endeavour in physical education?  Sport, Education and Society, 23(5), 435–448. https://doi.org/10.1080/13573322.2016.1225195

Schmoker, M. (2011). Focus: Elevating the essentials to radically improve student learning (1st ed.). ASCD.

These are some of the sources that inform my thinking in this work. I’ll add sources as I go.

I have 2 main purposes with this list:

  1. To provide the reader with an easy list for further reading/research

  2. To provide the reader a route to check my work here