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9781594604072

Chaos in the Classroom

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  • ISBN13:

    9781594604072

  • ISBN10:

    159460407X

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2007-11-01
  • Publisher: Carolina Academic Press

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Summary

This book combines cognitive learning theory, constructivist learning theory, brain-based learning theory with chaos theory to create an entirely new theory of learning. It shows how the four theories share mutual principles that explain many of the gaps in our understanding of the learning process. The authors take the reader through each of the theories and explain their overlapping principles. Using examples from actual classrooms from elementary school to graduate school, they show how an understanding of the new learning theory helps create the conditions necessary for critical thinking and deep understanding of content. The last chapter is a play-by-play set of instructions for creating chaos in your own classroom.

Author Biography

Elizabeth Jane Davis is an associate professor of education at North Carolina A&T State University. Thomas J. Smith is an assistant professor of education at North Carolina A&T University. Dorothy Leflore is the chair of the department of curriculum and instruction in the school of education at North Carolina A&T University.

Table of Contents

Introduction
The Nonlinear Dynamic Theory of Learningp. 3
A New Theoryp. 3
Why Do We Need a New Theory of Learning?p. 4
Beginning with Critical Thinking for Every Childp. 5
Chaos Theory As a Window to the Learning Processp. 7
Sensitive Dependence on Initial Conditionsp. 8
Iterationp. 10
Self-Similarity (Fractals), Catastrophe Shelves, Density and Strange Attractorsp. 13
Summaryp. 18
Brain-Based Teaching Theoryp. 21
Each Brain Is Uniquep. 21
Brains Are Globally Stable but Locally Flexible, Incredibly Complex, Are Uniquely Shaped by Experiences, and Maintain Their Ability to Restructure Themselves throughout Lifep. 23
Emotions Are Critical to the Restructuring Processp. 25
Brains Act to Create Meaning through a Process of Compare/Contrast and Patterningp. 27
Brains Create Meaning within Contextsp. 29
Summaryp. 31
Finding the Strange Attractorp. 33
The Structure Underlying Chaosp. 33
Graphing the Strange Attractorp. 34
The Didactic Lessonp. 37
A Random Discussionp. 42
Summaryp. 47
Headfirst and on Purposep. 49
Over the Catastrophe Shelfp. 49
The First Classp. 50
The Second Classp. 52
The Third Classp. 56
Headfirst and on Purposep. 65
Summaryp. 71
Creating Chaos and Loving Itp. 73
Implications for Teachersp. 73
Chaos Theory As a Window to the Learning Processp. 74
What Is a Catastrophe Shelf and How Do We Get Students on One?p. 78
Summaryp. 88
Referencesp. 89
Indexp. 91
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