Complex Dynamical Systems In Education

Author : Matthijs Koopmans,Dimitrios Stamovlasis
Publisher : Springer
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2016-02-19
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783319275772

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Complex Dynamical Systems in Education by Matthijs Koopmans,Dimitrios Stamovlasis Pdf

This book capitalizes on the developments in dynamical systems and education by presenting some of the most recent advances in this area in seventeen non-overlapping chapters. The first half of the book discusses the conceptual framework of complex dynamical systems and its applicability to educational processes. The second half presents a set of empirical studies that that illustrate the use of various research methodologies to investigate complex dynamical processes in education, and help the reader appreciate what we learn about dynamical processes in education from using these approaches.

Author : Wolfgang Tschacher,Jean-Pierre Dauwalder
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9789812386106

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The Dynamical Systems Approach to Cognition by Wolfgang Tschacher,Jean-Pierre Dauwalder Pdf

The shared platform of the articles collected in this volume is used to advocate a dynamical systems approach to cognition. It is argued that recent developments in cognitive science towards an account of embodiment, together with the general approach of complexity theory and dynamics, have a major impact on behavioral and cognitive science. The book points out that there are two domains that follow naturally from the stance of embodiment: first, coordination dynamics is an established empirical paradigm that is best able to aid the approach; second, the obvious goal-directedness of intelligent action (i.e., intentionality) is nicely addressed in the framework of the dynamical synergetic approach.

Author : Gary G. Fogal,Marjolijn H. Verspoor
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2020-06-04
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9789027261144

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Complex Dynamic Systems Theory and L2 Writing Development by Gary G. Fogal,Marjolijn H. Verspoor Pdf

This volume integrates complex dynamic systems theory (CDST) and L2 writing scholarship through a collection of in-depth studies and commentary across a range of writing constructs, learning contexts, and second and foreign languages. The text is arranged thematically across four topics: (i) perspectives on complexity, accuracy, and fluency, (ii) new constructs, approaches, and domains of L2-writing scholarship, (iii) methodological issues, and finally (iv) curricular perspectives. This work should appeal to graduate students and academics interested in expanded discussions on CDST, highlighting its utility for theorizing and researching language change, and to L2 writing scholars curious about how this fresh approach to researching L2 development can inform understandings of how L2 writing develops. As a CDST approach to language change has matured and taken a place among the dominant epistemologies in the field, students and researchers of L2 development alike will benefit from this volume.

Author : National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Board on Human-Systems Integration,Committee on Human Factors,Panel on Human Performance Modeling
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1990-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780309041355

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Quantitative Modeling of Human Performance in Complex, Dynamic Systems by National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Board on Human-Systems Integration,Committee on Human Factors,Panel on Human Performance Modeling Pdf

This book describes and evaluates existing models of human performance and their use in the design and evaluation of new human-technology systems. Its primary focus is on the modeling of system operators who perform supervisory and manual control tasks. After an introduction on human performance modeling, the book describes information processing, control theory, task network, and knowledge-based models. It explains models of human performance in aircraft operations, nuclear power plant control, maintenance, and the supervisory control of process control systems, such as oil refineries. The book concludes with a discussion of model parameterization and validation and recommends a number of lines of research needed to strengthen model development and application.

Author : Vladimir Ryzhov,Tatiana Fedorova,Kirill Safronov,Shaharin Anwar Sulaiman,Mark Ovinis,Veeradasan Perumal
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2021-07-16
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789811630538

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Modeling and Simulation of Complex Dynamical Systems by Vladimir Ryzhov,Tatiana Fedorova,Kirill Safronov,Shaharin Anwar Sulaiman,Mark Ovinis,Veeradasan Perumal Pdf

This book highlights the practical aspects of computer modelling and simulation of complex dynamical systems for students. Mechanical systems are considered in the book as representative examples of dynamical systems. Wolfram SystemModeler, in combination with Learning Management System Sakai, is used as an instrument for studying features of various physical and technical phenomena and processes. Each of the presented virtual labs may be considered a stand-alone mini project to enable students to go through all the steps of mathematical modelling and computer simulation—from the problem statement to mathematical and physical analysis of the obtained result. The book is useful for teachers to organize the educational process, allowing gradual monitoring of the learning process and assessment of students’ competencies. It also allows tutors to design individual educational trajectories for students to achieve educational properties. The subject of the book is an extension of activity started by the international team of authors within the InMotion project of the European programme ERASMUS+.

Author : Paul A. Schutz,Krista R. Muis
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 803 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2023-10-27
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780429782855

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Handbook of Educational Psychology by Paul A. Schutz,Krista R. Muis Pdf

The fourth edition of the Handbook of Educational Psychology, sponsored by Division 15 of the American Psychological Association, addresses new developments in educational psychology theory and research methods while honoring the legacy of the field’s past. Comprising 31 chapters written by a diverse group of recognized Educational Psychologist and/or Learning and Motivational Scientist (EDP/LMS) scholars, this volume provides integrative reviews and critical syntheses of inquiry across a variety of foundational and new areas. Key constructs like motivation, development, beliefs, literacy, and emotions are given substantive updates, while entire new chapters touch on trends that have materialized since the publication of the third edition, such as inquiry world views, Critical Race Theory, cognitive neuroscience, and emerging technologies in education. Throughout this new edition, chapter authors coalesce on issues of social justice, situated approaches to inquiry, and progressive inquiry methods. The Handbook of Educational Psychology, Fourth Edition, will be an important reference volume for current and future EDP/LMS scholars, broadly conceived, as well as for teacher educators, practicing teachers, policy makers, and the academic libraries serving these audiences. It is also appropriate for graduate-level courses in educational psychology, learning and motivational sciences, and research methods in education and psychology.

Author : David P. Feldman
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2019-08-06
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9780691161525

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Chaos and Dynamical Systems by David P. Feldman Pdf

Chaos and Dynamical Systems presents an accessible, clear introduction to dynamical systems and chaos theory, important and exciting areas that have shaped many scientific fields. While the rules governing dynamical systems are well-specified and simple, the behavior of many dynamical systems is remarkably complex. Of particular note, simple deterministic dynamical systems produce output that appears random and for which long-term prediction is impossible. Using little math beyond basic algebra, David Feldman gives readers a grounded, concrete, and concise overview. In initial chapters, Feldman introduces iterated functions and differential equations. He then surveys the key concepts and results to emerge from dynamical systems: chaos and the butterfly effect, deterministic randomness, bifurcations, universality, phase space, and strange attractors. Throughout, Feldman examines possible scientific implications of these phenomena for the study of complex systems, highlighting the relationships between simplicity and complexity, order and disorder. Filling the gap between popular accounts of dynamical systems and chaos and textbooks aimed at physicists and mathematicians, Chaos and Dynamical Systems will be highly useful not only to students at the undergraduate and advanced levels, but also to researchers in the natural, social, and biological sciences.

Author : Paul A. Schutz,Ji Hong,Dionne Cross Francis
Publisher : Springer
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2018-07-11
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783319938363

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Research on Teacher Identity by Paul A. Schutz,Ji Hong,Dionne Cross Francis Pdf

Understanding teachers’ professional identities and their development is key to unpacking teachers’ professional lives, the quality of their instruction, their motivation and commitment to teach, and their career decision-making. This book features a number of scholars from around the world who represent a variety of disciplines, scientific paradigms, and inquiry methods in researching teacher identity. By bringing these chapters together, this volume initiates active scholarly conversations and extends the boundaries of teacher identity research and practice. This collection of chapters provides significant insight into teacher identity and will be essential reading for pre-service and in-service teachers, teacher educators, school administrators, professional developers, and policy makers at various levels.

Author : Eleftheria N. Gonida,Marina Serra Lemos
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2019-03-25
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781787546134

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Motivation in Education at a Time of Global Change by Eleftheria N. Gonida,Marina Serra Lemos Pdf

This volume focuses on motivation in education under changing and unsettling times and provides ideas on how global changes affect student and teacher motivation to learn and achieve.

Author : Gloria Ann Stillman,Jill P. Brown
Publisher : Springer
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2019-05-16
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783030149314

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Lines of Inquiry in Mathematical Modelling Research in Education by Gloria Ann Stillman,Jill P. Brown Pdf

This open access book is based on selected presentations from Topic Study Group 21: Mathematical Applications and Modelling in the Teaching and Learning of Mathematics at the 13th International Congress on Mathematical Education (ICME 13), held in Hamburg, Germany on July 24–31, 2016. It contributes to the theory, research and teaching practice concerning this key topic by taking into account the importance of relations between mathematics and the real world. Further, the book addresses the “balancing act” between developing students’ modelling skills on the one hand, and using modelling to help them learn mathematics on the other, which arises from the integration of modelling into classrooms. The contributions, prepared by authors from 9 countries, reflect the spectrum of international debates on the topic, and the examples presented span schooling from years 1 to 12, teacher education, and teaching modelling at the tertiary level. In addition the book highlights professional learning and development for in-service teachers, particularly in systems where the introduction of modelling into curricula means reassessing how mathematics is taught. Given its scope, the book will appeal to researchers and teacher educators in mathematics education, as well as pre-service teachers and school and university educators

Author : Claudius Gros
Publisher : Springer
Page : 422 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2015-04-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319162652

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Complex and Adaptive Dynamical Systems by Claudius Gros Pdf

This primer offers readers an introduction to the central concepts that form our modern understanding of complex and emergent behavior, together with detailed coverage of accompanying mathematical methods. All calculations are presented step by step and are easy to follow. This new fourth edition has been fully reorganized and includes new chapters, figures and exercises. The core aspects of modern complex system sciences are presented in the first chapters, covering network theory, dynamical systems, bifurcation and catastrophe theory, chaos and adaptive processes, together with the principle of self-organization in reaction-diffusion systems and social animals. Modern information theoretical principles are treated in further chapters, together with the concept of self-organized criticality, gene regulation networks, hypercycles and coevolutionary avalanches, synchronization phenomena, absorbing phase transitions and the cognitive system approach to the brain. Technical course prerequisites are the standard mathematical tools for an advanced undergraduate course in the natural sciences or engineering. Each chapter includes exercises and suggestions for further reading, and the solutions to all exercises are provided in the last chapter. From the reviews of previous editions: This is a very interesting introductory book written for a broad audience of graduate students in natural sciences and engineering. It can be equally well used both for teac hing and self-education. Very well structured and every topic is illustrated with simple and motivating examples. This is a true guidebook to the world of complex nonlinear phenomena. (Ilya Pavlyukevich, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1146, 2008) Claudius Gros’ Complex and Adaptive Dynamical Systems: A Primer is a welcome addition to the literature. A particular strength of the book is its emphasis on analytical techniques for studying complex systems. (David P. Feldman, Physics Today, July, 2009).

Author : Andrea Schiavio,Luc Nijs,Dylan van der Schyff,Marja-Leena Juntunen
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2021-01-18
Category : Science
ISBN : 9782889663958

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Towards a Meaningful Instrumental Music Education. Methods, Perspectives, and Challenges by Andrea Schiavio,Luc Nijs,Dylan van der Schyff,Marja-Leena Juntunen Pdf

Author : Tom Bielik,Moritz Krell,Laura Zangori,Orit Ben Zvi Assaraf
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2023-11-15
Category : Education
ISBN : 9782832539019

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Investigating Complex Phenomena: Bridging between Systems Thinking and Modeling in Science Education by Tom Bielik,Moritz Krell,Laura Zangori,Orit Ben Zvi Assaraf Pdf

Understanding the complexity of the natural world and making sense of phenomena is one of the main goals of science and science education. When investigating complex phenomena, such as climate change or pandemic outbreaks, students are expected to engage in systems thinking by considering the boundaries of the investigated system, identifying the relevant components and their interactions, and exploring system attributes such as hierarchical organization, dynamicity, feedback loops, and emergence. Scientific models are tools that support students’ reasoning and understanding of complex systems, and students are expected to develop their modeling competence and to engage in the modeling process by constructing, testing, revising, and using models to explain and predict phenomena. Computational modeling tools, for example, provide students with the opportunity to explore big data, run simulations and investigate complex systems. Therefore, both systems thinking and modeling approaches are important for science education when investigating complex phenomena.

Author : Henry Tran,Douglas A. Smith,David G. Buckman
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 181 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2019-12-19
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781475854909

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Stakeholder Engagement by Henry Tran,Douglas A. Smith,David G. Buckman Pdf

This book focuses on the topic of the multiple-stakeholders that comprise the education community across the P-20 continuum. In various ways and forms, the authors of the chapters found within this book promote the importance of engaging with the diverse array of stakeholders in order to truly improve education in an increasingly interconnected world. The book itself is divided into two major arcs, the first of which covers community relations and stakeholder engagement in P-12 schools, while the second addresses those same issues in higher education. When one considers the activities that take place within education institutions, there is a realization that they are influenced and driven by much more than just the educators and administrators who occupy the schools. In the editors’ own work, (e.g., see Tran & Bon, 2016), the importance of the inclusion of the viewpoints and inputs of multiple-stakeholders in school decisions when appropriate has been consistently argued, given that the school is considered by many to be a social and communal environment. To address these issues, in this text, this book is lucky to have a collection of peer-reviewed writing that explore various aspects of how multiple-stakeholder input can be used to improve school decisions.

Author : Robin Brooke-Smith
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : School management and organization
ISBN : 9780415274999

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Leading Learners, Leading Schools by Robin Brooke-Smith Pdf

Building on the work of Michael Fullan, Robin Brooke-Smith proposes that we need to apply new dynamic frames and theories of management to highlight and explore ways that can generate rich innovation.