Research on supports teachers need to teach about complex systems has been sparse despite 15 years of tools-and-theories work¶
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q1 i? Over 15 years, educational tools and theories for student learning about complex systems have been investigated, but little research has addressed the supports teachers need. → Yoon 2016
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Yoon 2016¶
Yoon, Susan A.; Anderson, Emma; Koehler-Yom, Jessica; Evans, Chad; Park, Miyoung; Sheldon, Joshua; Schoenfeld, Ilana; Wendel, Daniel J; Scheintaub, Hal; Klopfer, Eric. (2016). Teaching about complex systems is no simple matter: building effective professional development for computer-supported complex systems instruction. Instructional Science. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11251-016-9388-7
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The article's literature-gap statement: it reports that many "educational tools and theories" have been investigated for student learning about complex systems while "little research" has identified the supports teachers need in the classroom. This is the authors' characterization of the field, not a tested result.
"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."
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Research on supports teachers need to teach about complex systems has been sparse despite 15 years of tools-and-theories work |
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Research on supports teachers need to teach about complex systems has been sparse despite 15 years of tools-and-theories work |
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