Chaos in the Classroom

This book combines cognitive learning theory, constructivist learning theory, brain-based learning theory with chaos theory to create an entirely new theory of learning. It shows how the four theories share mutual principles that explain many of the gaps in our understanding of the learning process. The authors take the reader through each of the theories and explain their overlapping principles. Using examples from actual classrooms from elementary school to graduate school, they show how an understanding of the new learning theory helps create the conditions necessary for critical thinking and deep understanding of content. The last chapter is a play-by-play set of instructions for creating chaos in your own classroom.

Elizabeth Jane Davis is an associate professor of education at North Carolina A&T State University. Thomas J. Smith is an assistant professor of education at North Carolina A&T University. Dorothy Leflore is the chair of the department of curriculum and instruction in the school of education at North Carolina A&T University.