“Looking at” educational interventions: Surplus value of a complex dynamic systems approach to study the effectiveness of a science and technology educational intervention

Complex Dynamical Systems in Education: Concepts, Methods and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 203-232

  van Vondel, Sabine ^a   Steenbeek, Henderien ^a   van Dijk, Marijn ^a   van Geert, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Complex dynamic systems approach; Real time; Science and technology education; Scientific reasoning; Teacher student interaction; Teaching intervention; Upper grade students; Video feedback coaching

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008884161     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-27577-2_11     Document Type: Chapter

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