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Matthijs Koopmans

Professor, Educational Leadership

School of Education

Classes Taught

EDSA 510 - Using Data for Instruction and Educational Policy, EDSA 520 - Curriculum and Learning: Theories into Practice, EDSA 551 - Organizational Dynamics and Culture of School Systems, EDUC 611 - Topics in Education: Master's Thesis Seminar.

Education

Harvard University, Graduate School of Education

Ed.D. Human Development (1988)

Harvard University, Graduate School of Education

Ed. M. Non-specialized (1984)

Rijksuniversiteit Utrecht, Netherlands

Drs. Clinical Pedagogy (1983)

Rijksuniversiteit Utrecht, Netherlands

B.A. Pedagogy (1979)

Bio

Dr. Matthijs Koopmans joined the faculty at Mercy College in 2011, and he serves as Assessment Coordinator to the School of Education and affiliated programs. Previously, he worked for several educational research organizations, including the Strategic Education Research Partnership Institute, Academy for Educational Development and Metis Associates. He has taught at Hofstra University, York College/City University of New York, Adelphi University and Yeshiva University. As an independent contractor, he conducted evaluations for MGT of America, Institute for Student Achievement, National Urban Technology Center and Newark Public Schools. He published his research in numerous peer-reviewed journals, and continues to present his work at national and international scholarly conferences. In addition, he is a founding editor of the International Journal of Complexity in Education. His current research focuses on the application of complexity theory to education, cause and effect relationships, and the estimation of fractal patterns in time series data. He earned his Doctorate in 1988 at Harvard Graduate School of Education.

Full CV

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Articles

Koopmans, M. 2020 Using time series analysis to estimate complex regular patterns in daily high school attendance Fluctuation and Noise Letters 19(1). doi: 10.1142/S0219477520500030.

Koopmans, M. 2019 Fractality and power law distributions: Shifting perspectives in educational research Northeast Journal of Complex Systems 1 (Article 2).

Koopmans, M. 2019 Education is a dynamical system: Challenges for research Journal of Experimental Education.

Koopmans, M., & Sayama, H. 2018 Editorial introduction Complicity: An International Journal for Complexity and Education 18(1), 1-3

Koopmans, M. 2018 Exploring the effects of creating small high schools on daily attendance: A statistical case study Complicity: An International Journal for Complexity and Education 18(1), 19-30

Koopmans, M. 2018 On the pervasiveness of long range memory processes in daily high school attendance rates Nonlinear Dynamics, Psychology and Life Sciences 22(2), 243-262

Koopmans, M. 2017 Nonlinear processes in time-ordered observations: Self-organized criticality in daily high school attendance Complicity: An International Journal of Complexity and Education 14(2), 78-87

Stamovlasis, D., & Koopmans, M. 2017 Editorial Introduction Complicity: An International Journal of Complexity and Education 14(2), 1-6

Koopmans, M. 2017 Perspectives on complexity, its definition and applications in the field Complicity: An International Journal of Complexity and Education 14(1), 16-35

Koopmans, M. 2017 Estimating perturbation and meta-stability in the daily attendance rates of six small high schools Fluctuation and Noise Letters 16(3). doi: 10.1142/S0219477517500213.

Koopmans, M. 2017 Using data to improve practice. Review of Action Research in the Classroom: Helping Teachers Assess and Improve their Work Global Education Review 4(1) 118-119

Koopmans, M. 2017 Mixed methods in search of a problem: Perspectives from complexity theory Journal of Mixed Methods Research 11(1), 16-18

Koopmans, M. 2016 Addressing the policy churn in public education in the United States Nonlinear Dynamics, Psychology and Life Sciences 20(3), 401-422

Koopmans, M. 2016 Betting on people: An essay review of Dale Russakoff's The Prize: Who is in charge of America's schools? Education Review // Reseñas Educativas 23 (June).

Koopmans, M. 2015 When time makes a difference: Addressing ergodicity and complexity in education Complicity: An International Journal of Complexity and Education 12, 5-25

Koopmans, M. 2015 Large-Scale studies and their impact on theory and professional practice Challenging Organizations and Societies: Reflective Hybrids 4, 782-795

Koopmans, M. 2015 A dynamical view of high school attendance: An assessment of short-term and long-term dependencies in five urban schools Nonlinear Dynamics, Psychology and Life Sciences 19, 65-80

Koopmans, M. 2015 Lessons on whole system reform. Review of Leading Educational Change, Edited by Helen J. Malone Global Education Review 2, 56-57

Koopmans, M. 2014 Change, self-organization and the search for causality in educational research and practice Complicity: An International Journal of Complexity and Education 11, 20-39

Koopmans, M. 2014 Nonlinear change and the black box problem in educational research Nonlinear Dynamics, Psychology and Life Sciences 18, 5-22

Stamovlasis, D., & Koopmans, M. 2014 Editorial introduction: Education is a dynamical system Nonlinear Dynamics, Psychology and Life Sciences 18, 1-4

Koopmans, M. 2012 Review of New Thinking in Complexity for the Social Sciences and Humanities by Ton Jörg Nonlinear Dynamics, Psychology and Life Sciences 16, 498-500

Koopmans, M. 2012 An appreciation of the Yellow Book past 20 SCTPLS Newsletter 20, 6-7

Books

Koopmans, M. & Stamovlasis, D. (Eds.) 2016 Complex dynamical systems in education: Concepts, methods and applications Springer.

Guastello, S. J., Koopmans, M. & Pincus, D. (Eds.) 2009 Chaos and complexity in psychology: The theory of nonlinear dynamical systems Cambridge University Press.

Professional Accomplishments

Presentations

Koopmans, M. July, 2020 The Distinction between Seasonal and Fractal Patterns in Long-Range Time Series: I. Concepts of Fractal Estimation, Toronto, ON (held virtually).

Koopmans, M. July, 2020 The Distinction between Seasonal and Fractal Patterns in Long-Range Time Series: II. Modeling Responses to Seasonal and Fractal Simulations, Toronto, ON (held virtually).

Contact Information

MeH SE 31

555 Broadway

Dobbs Ferry

10522

914-674-7485

mkoopmans@mercy.edu