[DSRP Evidence](https://dsrpevidence.org/)

# Why DSRP

## Details

**Authors** Henny

**Year** 2026

**Publisher** 21st Century Economics (21steconomics.org)

**Kind of work** article

**Discipline** Education

**Kind of engagement** applications

[Read it](https://www.21steconomics.org/teaching-for-thinking-and-reflection-with-dsrp/)

## In authors' words

### What they found (results)

Argues that DSRP's value lies in organizing information across disciplines and making thinking explicit enough to communicate, and that learners need a concrete personal motive — not the abstract goal of 'becoming a better thinker' — to keep practicing it.

## Commentary

### In short

Part of an ongoing series of teaching essays that build economics instruction around DSRP; this entry makes the case for learning the four patterns and addresses what sustains a teacher's or student's practice of them.

**Patterns it shows** D, S, R, P

**Added** 2026-09-12

**How to cite this** Henny (2026). Why DSRP. 21st Century Economics (21steconomics.org).