The Contribution Of Complexity Theory To The Study Of Socio-Technical Cooperative Systems

Pavard, Bernard; Dugdale, Julie

doi:10.1007/978-3-540-35866-4_4

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“…These components were derived from earlier research (Yoon 2008(Yoon , 2011Jacobson et al 2011;Pavard and Dugdale 2000). Aggregate scores on this assessment ranged from 4 to 12.…”

Section: Student Knowledge Testsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Teaching about complex systems is no simple matter: building effective professional development for computer-supported complex systems instruction

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The recent next generation science standards in the United States have emphasized learning about complex systems as a core feature of science learning. Over the past 15 years, a number of educational tools and theories have been investigated to help students learn about complex systems; but surprisingly, little research has been devoted to identifying the supports that teachers need to teach about complex systems in the classroom. In this paper, we aim to address this gap in the literature. We describe a 2-year professional development study in which we gathered data on teachers' abilities and perceptions regarding the delivery of computer-supported complex systems curricula. We present results across the 2 years of the project and demonstrate the need for particular instructional supports to improve implementation efforts, including providing differentiated opportunities to build expertise and addressing teacher beliefs about whether computational-model construction belongs in the science classroom. Results from students' classroom experiences and learning over the 2 years are offered to further illustrate the impact of these instructional supports.

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“…These components were derived from earlier research (Yoon 2008(Yoon , 2011Jacobson et al 2011;Pavard and Dugdale 2000). Aggregate scores on this assessment ranged from 4 to 12.…”

Section: Student Knowledge Testsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Teaching about complex systems is no simple matter: building effective professional development for computer-supported complex systems instruction

et al. 2016

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“…These components were derived from earlier research [2,3,36,37] the categories of which are listed in Table 3. Aggregate scores on this exam ranged from 4 to 12.…”

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Designing Computer-Supported Complex Systems Curricula for the Next Generation Science Standards in High School Science Classrooms

Yoon

Anderson

Klopfer

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Systems

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We present a curriculum and instruction framework for computer-supported teaching and learning about complex systems in high school science classrooms. This work responds to a need in K-12 science education research and practice for the articulation of design features for classroom instruction that can address the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) recently launched in the USA. We outline the features of the framework, including curricular relevance, cognitively rich pedagogies, computational tools for teaching and learning, and the development of content expertise, and provide examples of how the framework is translated into practice. We follow this up with evidence from a preliminary study conducted with 10 teachers and 361 students, aimed at understanding the extent to which students learned from the activities. Results demonstrated gains in students' complex systems understanding and biology content knowledge. In interviews, students identified influences of various aspects of the curriculum and instruction framework on their learning.

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“…This is the cause of socio-technical system properties comparable to distributed systems. The fourth is the self-organization related to the emergent properties that we can't comprehend by understanding the components (Pavard and Dugdale, 2006). We cannot know how a human and a mobile phone will behave by knowing only the phone's functions.…”

Section: Self-organization and Socio-technical Systemsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Patterns-based Information Systems Organization

Lugović¹,

Đunđer²,

Horvat³

2015

The Future of Information Sciences

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The Contribution Of Complexity Theory To The Study Of Socio-Technical Cooperative Systems

Cited by 38 publications

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Teaching about complex systems is no simple matter: building effective professional development for computer-supported complex systems instruction

Teaching about complex systems is no simple matter: building effective professional development for computer-supported complex systems instruction

Designing Computer-Supported Complex Systems Curricula for the Next Generation Science Standards in High School Science Classrooms

Patterns-based Information Systems Organization

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