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# Map-Activate-Check: A Systems Thinking-Based Approach to Curriculum and Program Design

Solin J, 2023, Journal of Systems Thinking 3(1):1-10 — Systems Science

Patterns: [Distinctions](https://dsrpevidence.org/pattern/distinctions), [Systems](https://dsrpevidence.org/pattern/systems), [Relationships](https://dsrpevidence.org/pattern/relationships)

## In short

Describes Map-Activate-Check, a systems thinking method for designing curricula and programs that ties together cognition, learning and evaluation.

## What they found (results)

Building relationships among three highly developed but isolated fields gives practitioners a structured tool for designing effective learning experiences at any scale, from a single lesson to a whole program.

## What they set out to do (purpose)

A chapter presenting Map-Activate-Check, a systems-thinking-based curriculum and program design strategy that integrates cognition, learning, and evaluation.

## Abstract

Map-Activate-Check (MAC) is a systems thinking based curriculum and program design strategy that integrates cognition, learning, and evaluation. MAC has been applied to diverse situations including formal and non-formal youth education, adult learning, program development and evaluation, and community programming, and in varying scales from a single lesson or presentation to an entire unit or program. The fields of cognition, learning, and evaluation are all highly researched and developed fields. MAC builds relationships among these distinct and often isolated fields to provide a tool that helps practitioners develop effective learning experiences and programs. MAC offers a structured approach to curriculum and program design that integrates systems thinking into education and enhances learning experiences.

These researchers were not testing DSRP. The finding is theirs; the correspondence to DSRP is drawn by this site.

[Source](https://doi.org/10.54120/jost.0000036)