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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)
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  • 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
     
    TABLE 28 A Review of the Basic Principles of Catastrophe Theory and Their
    Application to Learning and Development. Matthijs Koopmans, York College,
    CUNY
     
    TABLE 29 Analysis of the Discovery of Chaos: Social and Cognitive Aspects.
    Jong-Baeg Kim, University of Wisconsin, Madison
     
    TABLE 30 The Autopoietic Nature of Thought. Sherrie Reynolds, Texas
    Christian University
     
    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
     
    TABLE 24 Complexity Theory for Classroom Management. David Chawszczewski,
    University of Michigan, Flint
     
    TABLE 25 The Gaze and Autopoiesis: A Case Study in Student Assessment.
    Jean-Claude Couture, University of Alberta, Canada
     
    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
     
    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
     
    Statistical Mechanics for K-12: An Emergent Model of Gas Laws. Uri
    Wilensky, Tufts University
     
    Reconceptualizing Categories Without "Necessary and Sufficient"
    Features: Dynamical Categories. John St. Julien, University of Delaware
     
    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




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    Comments and corrections to John St. Julien at: stjulien@udel.edu

    rev. 6/17/98 JSTJ