The teachers expressed surprise that a "product" of an integrated STEM task built upon MEA design principles was not narrowly defined as a single solution and that varying representations of iterative student thinking should be equally valued.
The crux of scientific teaching is twofold: the instructor approaches teaching with the same guiding practices and philosophies of scientific research, while in parallel affording opportunities for students to experience the iterative process of thinking and discovery that is characteristic of science.
The major elements of systems thinking are iterative synthesis and analysis, network thinking, and the systems triad.
Grover and Pea (2013) have identified examples of representational practices as abstractions and pattern generalizations (that include modeling and simulation activities); symbol systems and representations; algorithmic notions of flow of control; structured problem decomposition (modularizing); conditional logic; and iterative, recursive, and parallel thinking.
These four sketch scenarios continued to be developed through an iterative process of storytelling, systems thinking, and quantitative analysis involving engagement with wider OECD experts.
All seven patterns of informed design behaviors were evident in both Andrew and Brent's design processes: problem framing, doing background research, idea fluency, balancing benefits and trade-offs, diagnostic troubleshooting, managed and iterative designing, and reflective design thinking.
This type of communication assures the iterative process of the design thinking.
Sterman [ 18] describes systems thinking as an " an iterative learning process in which we replace a reductionist, narrow, short-run, static view of the world with a holistic, broad, long-term, dynamic view, reinventing our policies and institutions accordingly".
In this way, this final phase also follows the logic of iterative idea development utilising both individual and group thinking.
The cross-cultural aspects emerged when thinking about these planning measures throughout the iterative process of scoring design.
