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The 1998 meeting of SIG Chaos and Complexity Theory at AERA
Page Index:
Membership Meeting and Discussion (The Practical Side of Chaos)
Roundtables: The Complexities of Development & Thought
Roundtables: Complex Implications for Instruction & Policy
Symposium: The Sciences of Complexity, Learning, and the Educational Process: Emerging Perspectives on Ways of Thinking and Doing
Monday Session 2.08
1:15-1:55--Marriott, Marina E, South Tower, Level 3
(SIG/Chaos and Complexity Theory-- Roundtables)
The Complexities of Development & Thought
- TABLE 27 Dynamics of Children's Friendship--A Random Dynamical Systems
- Approach. Lutz-Michael Alisch, Technical University Dresden, Germany
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- TABLE 28 A Review of the Basic Principles of Catastrophe Theory and Their
- Application to Learning and Development. Matthijs Koopmans, York College,
- CUNY
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- TABLE 29 Analysis of the Discovery of Chaos: Social and Cognitive Aspects.
- Jong-Baeg Kim, University of Wisconsin, Madison
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- TABLE 30 The Autopoietic Nature of Thought. Sherrie Reynolds, Texas
- Christian University
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- TABLE 31 Chaos/Complexity Theory, Hermeneutics, and Construction of the
- World by Children and Those Who Work with Them. Karen VanderVen, University
- of Pittsburgh; Doris Fromberg, Hofstra University; Carlos A. Torre,
- Southeastern Connecticut State University; Michael J. Nakkula, Harvard
- University
Tuesday Session 13.50
12:25-1:05--Marriott, Marina Ballroom E, South Tower, Level 3
(SIG/Chaos and Complexity Theory--Roundtables)
Complex Implications for Instruction & Policy
- TABLE 23 Principles of Self-Organization: Ecologizing the
- Learner-Instructor System. Sasha A. Barab, Indiana University, Bloomington
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- TABLE 24 Complexity Theory for Classroom Management. David Chawszczewski,
- University of Michigan, Flint
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- TABLE 25 The Gaze and Autopoiesis: A Case Study in Student Assessment.
- Jean-Claude Couture, University of Alberta, Canada
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- TABLE 26 The Development of a Complex, Dynamic Causal Model for Cyclically
- Organized Processes of Cumulative Advantage and Disadvantage in Education.
- Ton Jörg, IVLOS Institute of Education, The Netherlands
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- TABLE 27 Chaos and Standards: A Solvable Educational Paradox. Martin R.
- Ramirez, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
Thursday Session 33.52
8:15-10:15--Conv. Ctr., Room 3, Upper Level
(Division B; SIG/Chaos and Complexity Theory--Symposium)
The Sciences of Complexity, Learning, and the Educational Process: Emerging Perspectives on Ways of Thinking and Doing
CHAIR Michael J. Jacobson, University of Georgia
PARTICIPANTS
- Thinking Like a Tree. Mitchel Resnick, MIT Media Laboratory
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- Statistical Mechanics for K-12: An Emergent Model of Gas Laws. Uri
- Wilensky, Tufts University
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- Reconceptualizing Categories Without "Necessary and Sufficient"
- Features: Dynamical Categories. John St. Julien, University of Delaware
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- Complexity and Cognition: Ways of Thinking About Self-Organization,
- Emergence, and Natural Selection. Michael J. Jacobson, University of
- Georgia
DISCUSSANT Rick Ginsberg, Colorado State University
Thursday 37.31
12:25-1:55--Marriott, La Jolla, South Tower, Level 4
(Division B; SIG/Chaos and Complexity Theory--Membership Meeting)
Membership Meeting & Discussion
- PRESIDENT Robert Kahn, University of Missouri, Kansas City
Discussion
The Practical Side of Chaos, Noel Gough, Deakin University
Discussed:
"The fractal nature of a mother and son's mathematical activity" Elaine S. M. Simmt, University of Alberta, Canada
"Using chaos theory to inform high school redirection" James H. Lytle, University City High School, Philadelphia
Comments and corrections to John St. Julien at: stjulien@udel.edu
rev. 6/17/98 JSTJ