Nonlinear dynamical interaction patterns in collaborative groups: Discourse analysis with orbital decomposition

Complex Dynamical Systems in Education: Concepts, Methods and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 273-297

  Stamovlasis, Dimitrios ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Collaborative learning; Dimensionality; Discourse analysis; Edge of chaos; Emergence; Entropy; Inverse power law; Learning sciences education; Learning in groups; Lyapunov exponent; Nonlinear dynamics; Orbital decomposition analysis; Self organization; Shannon entropy; Situation learning theory; Symbolic dynamics; Topological entropy; Verbal interaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008949776     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-27577-2_13     Document Type: Chapter

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