DOI
https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1120978.pdf

Summary
Rosenkränzer, F., Kramer, T., Hörsch, C., Schuler, S. and Rieß, W. (2016). Promoting Student Teachers' Content Related Knowledge in Teaching Systems Thinking: Measuring Effects of an Intervention through Evaluating a Videotaped Lesson. Higher Education Studies, 6(4), 156-169.

Relevance for Complex Systems Knowledge
The paper deals with systems thinking and sustainable development. Authors see systems thinking as the ability to recognize, describe and model (e.g., to structure, to organize) complex aspects of reality as systems. Another important aspect of systems thinking is the ability to identify important elements of the system and the varied interdependency between these elements. Other key aspects are the ability to recognize dimensions of time dynamics, to construct an internal model of reality and to make prognoses based on that model. Sustainable development is used as the context of complex dynamic problems that students ought to solve.

Point of Strength
The strength of the publication is the research design (pretest, posttest, and follow-up test).