Brain-compatible science /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mangan, Margaret Angermeyer
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Corwin Press, [2007]
Edition:2nd ed.
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Online Access:Table of contents only
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Table of Contents:
  • Fractals: a metaphor for constructivism, patterns, and perspective
  • Iteration: a metaphor for change in science curriculum and information management
  • Sensitive dependence on initial conditions: a metaphor for change in gender equity and diversity
  • Strange attractors, phase space, and phase portraits: a metaphor for change in learning environments and habits of mind
  • Bifurcations and period doubling: a metaphor featuring choices, joy, and surprise
  • Turbulence: a changing perspective of discipline and classroom management
  • A new look at evolutionary biology: a metaphor for change in curriculum integration and localization
  • A new look at self-organization: a metaphor for change in knowledge construction
  • Dissipative structures: a metaphor to emphasize the significance of community and values
  • Quantum mechanics: a metaphor for change in the power of relationships, energy, and paradox.