Complex Dynamical Systems in Education

1. Introduction to Education as a Complex Dynamical System
Matthijs Koopmans, Dimitrios Stamovlasis

2. Re-searching Methods in Educational Research: A Transdisciplinary Approach
M. Jayne Fleener

3. A Batesonian Perspective on Qualitative Research and Complex Human Systems
Jeffrey W. Bloom

4. Emergence, Self-Transcendence, and Education
Jeffrey Goldstein

5. Opening the Wondrous World of the Possible for Education: A Generative Complexity Approach
Ton Jörg

6. Towards the Teaching of Motor Skills as a System of Growing Complexity
Umberto Cesar Corrêa, Walter Roberto Correia, Go Tani

7. The Fractal Dynamics of Early Childhood Play Development and Nonlinear Teaching and Learning
Doris Pronin Fromberg

8. Ergodicity and the Merits of the Single Case
Matthijs Koopmans

9. Catastrophe Theory: Methodology, Epistemology, and Applications in Learning Science
Dimitrios Stamovlasis

10. Evaluating Complex Educational Systems with Quadratic Assignment Problem and Exponential Random Graph Model Methods
Russ Marion, Craig Schreiber

11. “Looking at” Educational Interventions: Surplus Value of a Complex Dynamic Systems Approach to Study the Effectiveness of a Science and Technology Educational Intervention
Sabine Vondel, Henderien Steenbeek, Marijn Dijk, Paul Geert

12. Analyzing Teacher–Student Interactions with State Space Grids
Helena J. M. Pennings, Tim Mainhard

13. Nonlinear Dynamical Interaction Patterns in Collaborative Groups: Discourse Analysis with Orbital Decomposition
Dimitrios Stamovlasis

14. Investigating the Long Memory Process in Daily High School Attendance Data
Matthijs Koopmans

15. Educational Systems and the Intergenerational Transmission of Inequality: A Complex Dynamical Systems Perspective
Porfirio Guevara, Emilio Porta

16. The Symbolic Dynamics of Visual Attention During Learning: Exploring the Application of Orbital Decomposition
Joanna K. Garner, Daniel M. Russell

17. A Catastrophe Model for Motivation and Emotions: Highlighting the Synergistic Role of Performance-Approach and Performance-Avoidance Goal Orientations
Georgios Sideridis, Dimitrios Stamovlasis

Keywords: Education, Educational Technology, Assessment, Testing and Evaluation, Learning & Instruction