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

# Why DSRP

Henny, 2026, 21st Century Economics (21steconomics.org) — Education

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

## 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.

## 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.

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

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