What is Mental Models

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Users’ psychological representations of the components and behavior of, for example, processes, products, services, and relationships. Learn more in: Usability Engineering of User-Centered Web Sites

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Mental models are frames of reference or paradigms that influence the way people view the world. Learn more in: Learning and Knowledge Creation under Perpetual Construction: A Complex Responsive Approach to Applied Business Research

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Are habitual generally unconscious ways of interpreting experiences. By identifying assumptions that support a mental model, one can check to see if the assumptions correspond to current experiences. Learn more in: Three Theoretical Perspectives on Informal Learning at Work

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Internal representation of reality, both concrete and abstract - or, alternatively, a representation of reality in thought. Mental model is an explanation of the thought process of a person, and it refers to the way we perceive what is happening in the real world. Learn more in: Efficient Mobile Learning in Classroom Settings through MLE

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A cognitive process representing a way a person remembers and frames experiences, ideas, knowledge, relationships, or processes. Learn more in: Organizational Learning: The Exploration of Work Culture

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Are psychological constructs that represent real or imagined situations, and may reflect deeply ingrained beliefs, assumptions, and values that affect thinking, perceptions and behavior. Learn more in: Democratic Thinking and Student-Centered Pedagogy: Bringing Equity, Autonomy, and Purpose to Online Learning

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concepts in the mind of users about the functioning of devices, metaphors, and ideas which lead the user while interacting with the device. Learn more in: Learning-Disabled Children: A Disregarded User Group

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They are schemata and representations of the real world phenomena constructed by students. They contain a set of information about what students already know, either correct or incorrect. Students usually exhibit mental models, which are not consistent with the relevant scientific paradigms. Learn more in: Computer Simulations and Scientific Knowledge Construction