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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

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

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

Membership Meeting & Discussion

PRESIDENT Robert Kahn, University of Missouri, Kansas City

"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