NOTE: The AERA program contains significant errors in regard to SIG Chaos and Complexity sessions. The following listings are correct. The membership meeting was listed twice but will only be held once. (on Wednesday) The discussion symposium "Chaos and Complexity Theory at the School Gate" was listed twice and will be held twice. (on both Wednesday and Thursday)

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Tuesday Session 18.13
4:05-6:05--Sheraton, Parlor C, Level 3
(SIG/Chaos and Complexity Theory--Symposium)

Chaos and Complexity as Methodological Tools

CHAIR David Kirshner, Louisiana State University

PARTICIPANTS

Complexity: Developing a More Useful Analytic Framework for Education. John St. Julien, University of Illinois

 

Chaos as a Methodological Tool: Exploring the Topology of Conversation and the Intentional Learning Process in Parent-Child Storybook Reading and the Philosophical Dialectics. David B. Yaden, UC

Tuesday Session 20.24
6:15-7:45--Hyatt, Burnham, West Tower, 3rd
(Division B; SIG/Chaos and Complexity Theory--Membership Meeting)

Membership Meeting & Demonstration

PRESIDENT Robert Kahn, University of Missouri, Kansas City

Demonstration: Modified Poincare Maps: Tools for Analyzing Social Chaos

DEMONSTRATOR Russel Marion, Clemson University

Critical Issues in Chaos and Complexity Theory

TABLE 26 Looking at Chaotic Events Through Life Cycle Concepts of Organizations. Whitney B. Berta, University of Toronto

TABLE 27 Side-by-Side: A Condition for Self-Organization of Learning. Kathleen Martin, Texas Christian University

TABLE 28 Achievement Motivation as a Dynamical System. Dan Rea, Georgia Southern University

TABLE 29 Patterns in Chaos: Implications for Learning. Sherrie B. Reynolds, Texas Christian University

TABLE 30 Chaos in the Classroom: An Application of Chaos Theory. JoAnn Trygestad, University of Minnesota

TABLE 31 Attending to the Noise: Applying Chaos Theory to School Reform. Richard D. Wertheimer, Pittsburgh Public Schools

Membership Meeting & Demonstration

PRESIDENT Robert Kahn, University of Missouri, Kansas City

Demonstration: Modified Poincare Maps: Tools for Analyzing Social Chaos

DEMONSTRATOR Russel Marion, Clemson University

Wednesday Session 28.54
2:15-4:15--Hyatt, Field, West Tower, 3rd
(Division B; SIG/Chaos and Complexity Theory--Symposium)

Chaos and Complexity Theory at the School Gate: Unraveling the Potential of the New Sciences

CHAIR Rick Ginsberg, Colorado State University

PARTICIPANTS

The New Sciences and Systemic Change. Ali Carr, Penn State University

The Analytics of Complexity: Beyond the Enlightenment or Back to the Future? John St. Julien, University of Illinois

Teaching in a Nonlinear Mode. William Doll, Louisiana State University

ESL Writing: Ideas as Fractals. Robert Kahn, University of Missouri, Kansas City

School Reform: Establishing Dialogic Communities as Self-Organizing Structures for Reflection, Critique, and Change. Jayne Fleener, University of Oklahoma

Schools as Complex Adaptive Systems: Implications for the Next Generation of Readers. Lars Bjork, University of Kentucky

Thursday Session 42.02
4:05-6:05--Sheraton, Ontario, Level 2
(Division B; SIG/Chaos and Complexity Theory--Symposium)

Chaos and Complexity Theory at the School Gate: Unraveling the Potential of the New Sciences

CHAIR Rick Ginsberg, Colorado State University

PARTICIPANTS

The New Sciences and Systemic Change. Ali Carr, Penn State University

The Analytics of Complexity: Beyond the Enlightenment or Back to the Future? John St. Julien, University of Illinois

Teaching in a Nonlinear Mode. William Doll, Louisiana State University

ESL Writing: Ideas as Fractals. Robert Kahn, University of Missouri, Kansas City

School Reform: Establishing Dialogic Communities as Self-Organizing Structures for Reflection, Critique, and Change. Jayne Fleener, University of Oklahoma

Schools as Complex Adaptive Systems: Implications for the Next Generation of Readers. Lars Bjork, University of Kentucky

Idlers and Artists: A Semiotic Walk Down Postmodern Lane

CHAIR--Linda J. Rogers, Kent State University

PARTICIPANTS

Unthinking Gabachismo: Democracy and Ethics in Late Capitalism. Peter McLaren, UCLA

 

The Flaneur: Reading the Difference in the City. Jana R. Noel, Montana State University

The Aesthetic Turn: Education Through Romanticism(s) and the Postmodern. Gae L. Mackwood, University of Alberta

Abductive Logic: Primary Skill for a Postmodern Era. Martin Ryder, Storage Technology Corporation

 

DISCUSSANTS Susan A. Tucker, University of South Alabama; Peter McLaren, UCLA