NDLI: How the construction of mental models improves learning

Content Provider	Springer Nature Link
Author	Bucciarelli, Monica
Copyright Year	2007
Abstract	In this paper, I present a framework where possible relations between learning and mental models are explored. In particular, I’ll be concerned with non-symbolic gestures accompanying discourse and their role in inducing the construction of models and therefore deep comprehension and learning in the listener. Also, I’ll be concerned with cognitive and socio-cognitive conflicts and their roles in inducing construction of alternative models of a problem and therefore in learning to reason. Human ability to learn is of great importance for individuals interested in change. Indeed, to learn both declarative and procedural knowledge means to change, and in order to be able to intervene on change in a desired way it is necessary to have a theory of the mental representations and processes involved in learning and a theory of the communication and contexts that favour learning.
Starting Page	67
Ending Page	89
Page Count	23
File Format	PDF
ISSN	15937879
Journal	Mind & Society
Volume Number	6
Issue Number	1
e-ISSN	18601839
Language	English
Publisher	Springer-Verlag
Publisher Date	2007-02-09
Publisher Place	Berlin, Heidelberg
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Mental models Learning Gestures Cognitive conflict Cognitive Psychology Philosophy of Science Sociology Methodology of the Social Sciences Economics general
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Philosophy Sociology and Political Science Experimental and Cognitive Psychology History Economics, Econometrics and Finance Social Psychology Cultural Studies

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