Mental models and lifelong learning From: Innovations in Education and Training International | Date: November 1, 1998| Author: | Copyright Staff and Educational Development Association Nov 1998. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

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The development of mental models is the underlying `driving force' that forms the basis for all teaching and learning activities. Such models also play an important and fundamental role in dialogue and communication processes (writing, reading, talking and listening), thinking and problem solving activities. The formation and subsequent adaptation of mental models takes place throughout a human's life-span. The 'richness' of an individual's mental models usually increases with his/her growing maturity and exposure to new and varied experiences - and may, ultimately, lead to `expert ...

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