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Restructuring Concepts and Tools Through a Complexity Perspective
Mon, April 20, 10:35am to 12:05pm, Virtual RoomSession Type: Symposium
Abstract
The session investigates relationships between restructuration theory (Wilensky & Papert, 2010), complexity education and democratizing participation in scientific practices. Restructuration theory builds on a long history of psychological and historical research that has argued that representational forms shape human knowledge and understanding, both at the individual and societal level (Goody,1977; Olson,1994; diSessa, 2001). Specifically, Wilensky and Papert (2010) argue that the advent of agent-based computational modeling can enable anyone - young learners and members of the “lay” public - to engage in scientific modeling of complex systems. This session investigates how such democratic participation in scientific cultures can be supported through the design of different activity systems, in different settings, with different groups of participants, and across different disciplines.
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New Developments in Restructuration Theory and Understanding Complex Systems Through Agent-Based Restructurations - Uri J. Wilensky, Northwestern University
Students' Strategies for Reasoning About Complex Systems Using Aggregate Data Sources - Michelle Hoda Wilkerson, University of California - Berkeley; Vasiliki Laina, University of California - Berkeley
Amplifying the Restructuration Potential of Agent-Based Modeling Through Group-Based Activity Structures - Corey Brady, Vanderbilt University; Walter M. Stroup, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth; Anthony J. Petrosino, Southern Methodist University; Uri J. Wilensky, Northwestern University
Much.Matter.in.Motion: Learning Science Through Constructing Computational Models of Complex Systems - Janan Saba, University of Haifa; Hagit Hel-Or, University of Haifa; Sharona T. Levy, University of Haifa
The Power of Agent-Based Restructurations in Advanced Materials Science Learning - Paulo Blikstein, Teachers College, Columbia University
Decolonization, Agent-Based Modeling, and Restructuration - Marilú Lam-Herrera, University of Calgary; Pratim Sengupta, University of Calgary