Science topic

Mental Models - Science topic

Explore the latest questions and answers in Mental Models, and find Mental Models experts.
Questions related to Mental Models
  • asked a question related to Mental Models
Question
7 answers
In Mexico there is a very common say: El que no transa, no avanza, which translated to English is the title of this discussion
I would like to know if this type or mental model exists in you country or into the organization you are working at.
I am interested, in finding ways to eradicate corruption en my country Mexico
Thanks in advance, for sharing your thoughts and ideas
Relevant answer
Answer
Roberto Bonilla-Núñez In my view, everything that we see, feel, taste, perceive, etc. as true is false. Only the "truth" knows itself.
  • asked a question related to Mental Models
Question
1 answer
Do you know if the FCMWizard software still works? I can't find it.
Thanks!
Relevant answer
Answer
Marta Meschini FCM Wizard is a flow cytometry data processing software program that was created in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Its development has since ceased, and its creators no longer maintain the program. The software may, however, continue to function on older operating systems or with older versions of other necessary software programs. It should be noted that using outdated software may result in compatibility problems, security threats, and decreased usefulness. As such, it is suggested to use contemporary flow cytometry data analysis software that is presently maintained and updated by its creators.
  • asked a question related to Mental Models
Question
4 answers
Cognitive strategies are only helpful if learners possess good mental models of the domain. There is thus a reciprocal relationship between cognitive strategies and mental models (Merriënboer, & Kirschner, 2017). Having said that, I believe that coping strategies are not dependent on the existence of any mental model. They can be adopted/used/undertaken without relying on sound mental models.
I would appreciate hearing your thoughts on this matter.
Reference:
Van Merriënboer, J. J., & Kirschner, P. A. (2017). Ten steps to complex learning: A systematic approach to four-component instructional design. Routledge.
Relevant answer
Answer
Greetings, professor Faraz Khurshid, and thank you for your kind words. Give me some time to direct you to some relevant literature.
Stay safe and healthy
  • asked a question related to Mental Models
Question
3 answers
Almost all of us are familiar with mental modelling, conceptual modelling, metacognition and formative assessment in education. My idea is how to create, review, evaluate, and reconstruct students' mental or conceptual models using formative assessment, and metacognitive skills?
Relevant answer
Answer
How can we help students develop their competence in constructing and applying, even modifying, internal and external representations? can we advocate integrating formative assessment techniques into modelling practice in the classroom to help teachers and students visualize the change in their thinking through the process of modelling practice? how?
  • asked a question related to Mental Models
Question
1 answer
Dear all, I am trying to calculate a similarity score of a Team Mental Model using the UCINET software. I have successfully imported an excel file with all the team members' individual matrices representing the individual mental models. If I put this file as Input dataset within the Similarities/Dissimilarities command and try to calculate the Pearson correlation, it will give me a Cronbachs Alpha above 1. Has someone experience with calculating Team Mental Models with UCINET and can help? Thanks in advance!
Relevant answer
Answer
Dear Luisa,
I have never worked on a team mental model - however, to my knowledge there is also an option for clustering in UCINET. In case that the individual matrices you refer to are based on comparable items, you might also have a look at clusters in order to determine similarity between the team members.
Kind regards, Volker
  • asked a question related to Mental Models
Question
2 answers
I’m studying the sharedness of mental models on teams, but I’d like to avoid using any additional software (Pathfinder) and would prefer to remain within R for my data entry and analysis. Has anyone seen a package on GitHub or elsewhere that can carry this out? It would use the Minkowski distance function plus triangulate each node. The only similar option I’ve seen has been PathfindR, which is designed for gene mapping.
Relevant answer
Answer
  • asked a question related to Mental Models
Question
7 answers
Dear researcher,
There is many type of models such as Physical model, mathematical model, mental model, structural model and so on . I am interested to know what is the explanation of generic term " Model"?
Relevant answer
Answer
This is a very broad question. Let us narrow it towards computer models, which are basically in-computer-program implemented mathematical descriptions of the observed phenomena.
The most difficult models are those describing complex systems and phenomena observed within them: self-organization, emergence, self-replication, self-healing, and similar phenomena. This area of research has a great potential for an explosive development in the near future.
Those phenomena are beyond our current capabilities to successfully understand them and build quickly their relevant models from scratch. We work more or less by using trial and error methods.
In biology and medicine, we observe huge numbers of those phenomena mentioned above. Yet, we are unable to describe them correctly.
When we think about them in depth, we suddenly realize that effective medical treatments of long-term, chronic diseases can be resolved by better and deeper understanding the phenomena under consideration (see above).
This whole area of models, theories, simulations, experiments, and beyond is covered in the projects that are administered by myself and co-authors. (Researchers who are interested are welcomed to check those projects on complexity.)
  • asked a question related to Mental Models
Question
3 answers
I suspect that mental models influence expectations and that expectations influence perceptions and cognitions. Therefore, I wonder if you are exploring this potential influence.
Pierro
Relevant answer
Nice Dear Daniel Oberfeld
  • asked a question related to Mental Models
Question
4 answers
Senge (1994) posits that the learning organization includes Personal Mastery, Shared Vision, Team Learning, Mental Models and Systems Thinking. Individualized Education Plan consists of a team of school teachers, administrators, psychologists, social workers, and parent teams (Guardians, Parents, Parent Educator, Grandparents, etc). I am seeking to investigate whether There is a strong correlation between a learning organization as constructed by Senge (1994), and successful Individualized Education Plans.
Relevant answer
Answer
Good Day and good question, Karen.
Although Senge places purposes and reasonings within contexts of where humanity is coming from, where it is heading, and where an undertaking may be understood “as a vehicle for bringing learning and change into society” and as a source for providing “a single integrating set of [meaningful and potentially transformational] ideas” (Senge, 2004, p,321), there is still a remarkable neglect to tap into the synergies between organizational and personal learning.
As exemplified in the case of an ongoing Design Science Research (DSR) project aiming for a novel personal and generative Knowledge Management (KM) system (see latest references currently in press below), current wanting KM practices are a case in point: Aiming to explicate individuals' tacit knowledge for merely organizational utility, they are often failing to enthuse a skeptical workforce. To re-frame this cultural and technological paradigm, the DSR project alluded to aims to decentralize KM and to strengthen the autonomous role of an individual (and his/her personal learning environment) as contributor to and beneficiary of organizational and societal performances. Appealing to knowledge workers' self-interest in this way is expected to effectively foster a fruitful co-evolution between novel individualized and traditional institutionalized KM Systems.
  • asked a question related to Mental Models
Question
2 answers
Hi, design research and cognitive science colleagues. I'm looking for theories/frameworks/writings about how we learn about the physical world and how we transfer that knowledge to very unfamiliar situations. So for example, we learn that hollow things like balls and tupperware containers float, and we use that knowledge to use a refrigerator as a life raft during a flood, even we may never had had a chance to ever test that. Do we build mental models of how objects with certain properties interact with the human body and with the natural environment, and keep track of things like objects' "floatability" or do we assemble this on the fly? (Related ideas include Gibson's affordances, divergent thinking, and design patterns)
Relevant answer
Answer
Maybe look into enacted embodied cognition? And the theory of dynamic coupling between mind, body and enviroment? (Gallagher) Direct perception of affordance, usability of an object in the context of settings. Less hypothesis making about the usability of as object, more inteactive figuring out the relationship between the idea, body and enviroment.
  • asked a question related to Mental Models
Question
5 answers
E.R. Boer, E.C. Hildreth, & M.A. Goodrich (1998). A driver model of attention management and task scheduling: Satisficing décision making with dynamic mental models, In. Proceedings of the XVIJth European Annual Conference on Human Décision making and Manual Control, Valenciennes, France, Dec. 14-16
Thanks.
Relevant answer
Answer
Harry has a good suggestion. Dr Sudhahar has given the link is for similar paper of 17th European Annual Conference proceedings.
  • asked a question related to Mental Models
Question
7 answers
It is clear that if we exercise something for example walking or shooting , our brain learn this function and we can do this better.
It is normal process of motor learning.
but the question is if we imagine these exersice in our mind without any physical activity, Can it have the same effect on our brain and our function?
Can we improve motor learning with just mental training?
Relevant answer
Answer
Dear Samaneh,
YES and I think the following papers will help you:
Abbruzzese G, Avanzino L, Marchese R, Pelosin E. Action Observation and Motor Imagery: Innovative Cognitive Tools in the Rehabilitation of Parkinson's Disease. Parkinsons Dis 2015;2015:124214. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4606219/pdf/PD2015-124214.pdf
Avanzino L, Gueugneau N, Bisio A, Ruggeri P, Papaxanthis C, Bove M. Motor cortical plasticity induced by motor learning through mental practice. Front Behav Neurosci 2015;9:105. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4412065/pdf/fnbeh-09-00105.pdf
Eaves DL, Riach M, Holmes PS, Wright DJ. Motor Imagery during Action Observation: A Brief Review of Evidence, Theory and Future Research Opportunities. Front Neurosci 2016;10:514. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5116576/pdf/fnins-10-00514.pdf
Asaseh M, Hashemi Azar J, Pishyare E. The effect of motor imagery on the gross motor skills of children with developmental coordination disorder. Bulletin de la Société Royale des Sciences de Liège 2016;85:130-139. http://popups.ulg.ac.be/0037-9565/index.php?id=5478&file=1
Bonassi G, Biggio M, Bisio A, Ruggeri P, Bove M, Avanzino L. Provision of somatosensory inputs during motor imagery enhances learning-induced plasticity in human motor cortex. Sci Rep 2017;7(1):9300. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-09597-0.pdf
Scott M, Taylor S, Chesterton P, Vogt S, Eaves DL. Motor imagery during action observation increases eccentric hamstring force: an acute non-physical intervention. Disabil Rehabil 2017 Mar 21:1-9. doi: 10.1080/09638288.2017.1300333. [Epub ahead of print]. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09638288.2017.1300333?journalCode=idre20
Sobierajewicz J, Przekoracka-Krawczyk A, Jaśkowski W, Verwey WB, van der Lubbe R. The influence of motor imagery on the learning of a fine hand motor skill. Exp Brain Res 2017;235(1):305-320. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00221-016-4794-2
Li RQ, Li ZM, Tan JY, Chen GL, Lin WY. Effects of motor imagery on walking function and balance in patients after stroke: A quantitative synthesis of randomized controlled trials. Complement Ther Clin Pract 2017;28:75-84. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1744388117302049?via%3Dihub
Best wishes from Germany,
Martin
  • asked a question related to Mental Models
Question
4 answers
Time to give a talk at your department in UCC....
Relevant answer
Answer
This theme appears to be synergistic with the direction and approach of your Big Idea project....
  • asked a question related to Mental Models
Question
2 answers
Is there any other tool similar to ISM or TISM? 
Relevant answer
Answer
Dear Adil Bilal, 
Interpretative structural Modelling (ISM) and Total interpretative structural Modelling (TISM) are popular tools which can convert ill Mental model into structured model . But i am asking to such a similar tool.
  • asked a question related to Mental Models
Question
3 answers
I am trying to find a measurement that can be used to assess in an individual's opinion is influenced by a individuals that they feel have power or by their peer group.  
An example of this would be:  A graduate student hears faculty in their department speak negatively about something, so they adopt these negative views, even if they have no personal experiences to form their opinion.
Relevant answer
Answer
Hello Reza,
Thank you for your reply. I agree with what you stated, which is what Daniel Kim states in his article "The link between individual and organizational learning". However, I have not been able to find any sort of validated assessment.
Unfortunately, I did not see any links in your reply. Could you please re-send those?
Thank you,
Elisa
  • asked a question related to Mental Models
Question
3 answers
Can you help me choosing syllogism, that require the same number of MM (Byrne, Johnson-Laird), but have different informational gain (PHM, Oaksford, Chater)? High informational gain has a syllogism with low a priori probability (e.g. "all A are B") as the opposite are conclusions "some a re not b", which are very probable for random objects, and have low informational gain.
Relevant answer
Answer
Hi Michal, cool, I am glad you are interested. Let's first see mental models theory. It was actually introduced in the 80's as an alternative to Euler circles, providing a much better explanatory power. Still, mental models are actually only a graphical variant of Euler circles.  I attached a picture about the denotation of the four main syllogistic statements with mental models and with Euler circles. You can see that they are exactly the same, except that in mental models, we denote the content of the sets, so no need to denote the boundary of the sets, whereas in Euler circles we denote the boundaries, so no need to separately denote the content of the sets. It is well known that traditional Euler circles are not suitable to describe people's syllogistic inferences, and since mental models are the same notation, obviously, they are not suitable either. Consequently, whatever has been told about the explanatory power of mental models is simply rhetorical. I have collected some fun citations do demonstrate this,I can copy & paste them here is you haven't yet lost your interest. 
  • asked a question related to Mental Models
Question
10 answers
I want to model the perception of value, in decision making, with dynamic systems. The value is the price that the decision maker, is going to win/loose. My two main assumptions are:
1.     Value perception is a nonlinear dynamic process in time.
2.     The perception of a determined value is not constant. Consider A>B>C are three different values. If A and B are presented to a person, she will give less subjective weight to B with respect to when B and C are presented to her.
The general shape of value perception curve is known. Kahneman and Tvresky proposed a statistical curve for the subjective weighting function of the value (figure 1). [1]
I am looking to model the perception of value, with nonlinear dynamic equations.
The inspiration to do this work, are the publications of Rabinovich et al. [3, 4] and Muezzinoglu et. al. [2].
I don’t know where should I start. Is there a special method to find the proper equations?
 References 
[1] Kahneman, Daniel, and Amos Tversky. "Prospect theory: An analysis of decision under risk." Econometrica: Journal of the Econometric Society (1979): 263-291.
[2] Muezzinoglu, Mehmet K., et al. "Transients versus attractors in complex networks." International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos 20.06 (2010): 1653-1675.
[3] Rabinovich, Mikhail I., et al. "Information flow dynamics in the brain." Physics of life reviews 9.1 (2012): 51-73.
[4] Rabinovich, Mikhail I., and Pablo Varona. "Robust transient dynamics and brain functions." Frontiers in computational neuroscience (2011).
Relevant answer
Answer
 Dear Sara,
Perception of objects is a huge area. Values are subjective. You probably do not mean automatic perception and understanding. Your example
A. to win 20$ for sure
B. to win 100$ with 20% chance
it clarifies your question. It is known that people discount chances comparative to certainty. A discount function depends on circumstances and is subjective. You can find much in published literature, or may be you would need to make experiments fitting yout circumstances. You are on the right track.
Good luck,
Leonid
  • asked a question related to Mental Models
Question
2 answers
Hello! For my Ph.D., I am doing experimental studies based on priming. My work involves the effect of the presence of a friend. In my experiment, I ask a control group participant to read a description of the person going to eat out alone. However, I ask the participants in the experimental group to think of their best friend and to imagine going to eat out with that friend. After reading the situation and imagining oneself in it, a participant answers my questions on the proposed mediating and dependent variables.
One of the weaknesses of experimental priming studies is that these responses are those elicited from mental models. While these behaviours might be indicative, they might not be what the individual will undertake in real life situations.
Can you help me to identify extant literature which shows evidence that responses to priming in the lab were the same as actual behaviour? That is, the responses by participants under experimental conditions were same as their actual behaviour under the same priming. Please note I am not talking of priming leading to behaviour as demonstrated by Bargh and his colleagues. Many thanks in advance!
Relevant answer
Answer
Hello Dr. Horchak, thank you so much for your help! I looked at the references you have given and do think they'll all add up to my knowledge. Grateful!
  • asked a question related to Mental Models
Question
5 answers
It is interface which shows the image of user's mental image.
Relevant answer
Answer
Mental models are an artefact of belief, that basically means they are the beliefs that a user holds about any given system or interaction, for instance a website or a web browser. It is important because users will plan and predict future actions within a system based on their mental models. In most instances the users' thinking is closely related to reality because they base their predictions about the system on their mental models and thus plan their future actions based on how that model predicts the appropriate course.
Designers can tap into users mental models so that their products communicate their function through their form. However they have to truly understand their user’s mental models to do that successfully. If the users mental model are not considered during interface design, it leads to failure in UI where the user does not find their mental model and is left confused and frustrated.
It is worth noting that a mental model is not a static creation. It is capable of evolution and may change based on using other products, from interacting with other users or taking on board learning from other sources. For instance if you have used iPad before, your mental model when reading a book on iPad will be different from that of a person who has never used it. Or person who has used Kindle you will have different mental model compared to someone who has never used electronic books. But if this person starts using Kindle and slowly his mental model changes and if he starts using iPad his mental model is adjusted from how he used Kindle.
By incorporating users mental model, designer can emulate these models through the UI and create an experience which is intuitive and easy to follow.
  • asked a question related to Mental Models
Question
3 answers
Last week I hold a session at the ‚Agile Cologne Conference’ regarding mental models of management in agile (project) management compared to traditional (project) management. Based on dimensions being often discussed for collective mental models in work-related context (e.g. goals and roles of management, interaction patterns, thinking about authority, and progress & improvement), I described a mental model of management that seems to be presupposed in agile project management. During the session I was asked whether there is a correlation between willingness to change the own mental model of management (in direction of agile mindset, self concept regarding servant leadership and values) and the grade of a firm’s economical health (which remains to be defined). It seems to me as an interesting research question. Does anyone recommend research papers in this area?
Relevant answer
Answer
Initiatives such as the WHO Global Mental Health Survey Consortium, the Global Burden of Disease Study, and the Grand Challenges Delphi Study, stand as testimony to the transformative impact that such models can have on the field
  • asked a question related to Mental Models
Question
8 answers
When you learn something new, your brain expands/appends to an already existing mental model. Similarly when an
ontology grows, it should be able to understand that : may be an individual can no longer remain as an individual;
it needs to be modified as a class and some properties needs to be attached to it to complete its description. Is it possible to do or at least understand that such a modification is required for some candidate in ontology (Off course without manual intervention) ? Is there any work in this direction?
Relevant answer
Answer
The question of a formal model imitating/emulating our mind is a much debated one, and it is what Artificial Intelligence is all about (over 50 years of existence and research). To the best of my knowledge, there is no straightforward answer to that. You'll find "strong AI", "weak AI", symbolic approaches (based on logical frameworks), subsymbolic ones (neural nets) and hybrid approaches, depending on whether you want to model our brain's infrastructure, or focus on the outputs for a given task.
If your question is limited to the field of ontology edition and management, I take it you're looking for an algorithm capable of integrating new knowledge into an existing conceptual hierarchy, which is generally expressed by way of predicate calculus facts and rules (RDF triples etc.). Here again, I'm not sure there is a straightforward answer, as it all depends on the ontology you're working with, the domain and how it is represented. Very specialized domains such as biomedical ontologies probably require different algorithms than, say, natural language conceptual hierarchies, or document classification systems (eg. Dewey nomenclature). Furthermore, the particular application you have in mind is also important: if you're using ontologies to detect and categorize topics in user comments you'll be using  different strategies than if you're developing a formalized knowledge base (à la DBpedia). And you also have to consider whether you'll be doing real-time or offline processing.
Maybe you could be a little more specific so we could provide you with more useful answers?
Regards,
Antonio
  • asked a question related to Mental Models
Question
6 answers
I am using conceptual map in different stages of research as a tool to organise main concepts and as a research pool to track researched areas. I am looking to publications to support and defend their use. 
Relevant answer
Answer
Dear Tulio,
Try to find the following articles that provide solid background and literature review about concepts and conceptual maps:
[1] Martin J Eppler. A comparison between concept maps, mind maps, conceptual diagrams, and visual metaphors as complementary tools for knowledge construction and sharing. Information Visualization, September 21, 2006, vol. 5, no. 3, 202-210. doi: 10.1057/palgrave.ivs.9500131.
[2] Martin Davies. Concept mapping, mind mapping and argument mapping: what are the differences and do they matter? Higher Education, 2011, Volume 62, Issue 3, pp 279-301. doi: 10.1007/s10734-010-9387-6.
I have these articles and some more articles related to concepts in qualitative research, because one of my research interests is related to concept and knowledge development through qualitative research.
Regards,
Zeljko
  • asked a question related to Mental Models
Question
4 answers
It has seemed to me in my consulting practice that when staff nurses participate in reviewing their actual daily routines against best practices that they can then see that a shared mental model of actual "scheduled" processes in the day makes sense. They learn they must offer initial direction and ongoing checkpoints to NAPs (as would be suggested by state nurse practice acts) and also review team progress/success and offer feedback prior to the end of the shift (best teamwork routines).Interaction at eye level at the patient's bedside about patient/family goals becomes a norm.  The new shared mental model ("A Day in the Life of an Expert") becomes part of a group teamwork identity.  
At the present I note that some of the basic professional leadership practices are missing at the bedside:  leadership in helping patients identify and engage in shared goals, lack of delegation and supervision of assistive personnel). Wouldn't the predominant method staff RNs use for processing (Conservator) support creating a clearly defined structure of best practices? Using a structure that incorporates expert practices  and "routine" steps could potentially ensure better care and would fit thinking patterns.  
Perhaps I am taking this study several steps too far?
Thank you! 
Relevant answer
Answer
thank  you so much Nadeshiko for your perspective on this as a student!
Ruth
  • asked a question related to Mental Models
Question
6 answers
We aim to investigate the prevalence of mental disorder in individuals with intellectual disability in Portugal, and it would be important to administer a simple screening tool to divide the sample into mild, moderate and severe impairment, prior to administering the Mini-PAS-ADD.
Relevant answer
Answer
You are looking for a culture-fair test of intelligence, and I'm not sure that such a thing exists.  Most tests that claim to be culture-fair are non-verbal, and the Ravens Progressive Matrices is one that has often been used.  The concept of intelligence on which it is based is clear, and there is a considerable volume of literature on its validity and reliability.  You certainly don't want to use the Wechsler Vocabulary and Similarities subtests on a population whose first -- and perhaps only -- language is not English, which I assume is the case if you are conducting your research in Portugal.
  • asked a question related to Mental Models
Question
14 answers
And if Experiential Learning is based on Constructivism, what procedures or methods have you applied to evaluate your students (in sustainability education)? Are these procedures different from traditional methods of evaluation such as (objective) exams and essays? How do you evaluate the Construction of Mental Models of your students? Best wishes and happy new year!
Relevant answer
Answer
Farley,
You asked, Why is Objectivism used in Blended Learning, instead of Constructivist approaches? And: "Is Teaching an Art?" I mean, do we all forgot teachers, and concentrate to learners (students)?
I will offer my humble response to all three questions by referring you to the process of developing schools as learning organizations (LO) through communities of practice (CoP). Developing CoP requires shifting the bureaucratic model to a collaborative model focused on student outcomes. Therefore the focus is turned from evaluating what teachers do to observing what students do as a result of the teaching process and within a specific organizational culture.
Next, there are barriers to developing OL, though OL is desirable because it has been shown to result in improved student outcomes.  The lack of ability, motivation, and opportunity to transfer implicit knowledge creation between units within the organization, retain it, and apply it as student outcomes have been shown to be barriers to OL (Bartsch, Ebers & Maurer, 2012).
Creating CoP in schools has been shown to be key in developing OL and building capacity.  Administrators have influence on organizational culture and can provide resources to structure the organization in ways that promote "the daily habit of working together" (Fullan, 2005, p. 69).  When individuals build intra-organizational ties it increases capacity to overcome the obstacles to Organizational Learning (Bartsch, Ebers, Maurer, 2012).
Finally, the constructivist approach has through newer research been developed further to a cognitive sociocultural approach (Vygotsky, 1962) and includes co-construction of new knowledge between the individual and social group. This occurs in OL when the new knowledge is retained in the organization. Therefore to accomplish this requires the daily opportunity to work together and produce reciprocal projections in the organizational environment. The result is the development of the organization's identity/memory and feedback to the individuals within the organization on how to behave.
In sum, Objectivism can be used as part of teaching strategies in a Blended Learning Environment if shown to successfully produce observable student outcomes of new knowledge construction that is meaningful.  Meaningful learning transfers to new situations and therefore results in the outcomes defined under Constructivist approaches that consider learner agency as key.
Whether teaching is viewed as an Art or Science is dependent upon the observer and is therefore a valid perspective to the individual. Further, I do not think the research suggests we forget about teachers, though in creating learning organizations the focus shifts from observing teachers to observing and measuring student outcomes.
Therefore, teacher behavior is less relevant than the outcomes observed by students in response to teacher behavior. The key is to develop opportunities for teachers to work together, share their practices, including expert advise and support, develop shared values, norms, vision, and goals that match the collective mind and result in student meaningful learning.
Your questions are key to the new research and approaches to educational leadership, organizational learning, and psychosocial elements included in assessment models for the development of meaningful learning in schools.
Well done Farley,
Janet
  • asked a question related to Mental Models
Question
3 answers
I am interested in developing empirical evidence of the effectiveness of a particular experiential simulation for surfacing and shifting mental models about the importance of the enabling functions (HR and support functions) to organizational productivity.
Relevant answer
Answer
Statistical Hypothesis Test should be used to validate the result from simulation and real case
  • asked a question related to Mental Models
Question
1 answer
See above
Relevant answer
Answer
Imre,
I did not search the litterature on the topic.  In the 90's, I did a Ph.D. ''The Perception of the Image World''.  I came up with a visual perception model based onto a model of the image world.  The image world here is the optical images that are projected on the retinas of animals with eyes, in particular humans.  These images are luminance topographical surfaces.  I then came up with a geometrical characterisization of the regular image structures in the image world based on the scale-space evolution of creases in topographies.  The result is a taxonomic tree of all crease structures.  The leaves of this taxonomic tree are the image structure corresponding to all you can see in the world and the similirarity between two image structures correspond to their common descent from the root of the taxonomic tree.  This is a theoretical tree that do not exist in Nature but biological evolution of visual systems will make them converged towards the structure of the image world tree when it get gradually populated by the newly evolved image structure corresponding to all the animals and their movements. The perceptual tree is made of image structure detection schemata leading from the root to the leaves. Visual perception correspond to the actualization of a particular path in the perceptual schemata tree.  Imagination, is the self-actualization in the perceptual schemata tree.  The first nodes near the root of the image tree are the platonic crease line, square, circle etc.  The actualization of a particular image structure in the perceptual tree recapitualate the ontogeny of the 3D surface that was projected on the retina.  
Regards
  • asked a question related to Mental Models
Question
22 answers
We all commit mistakes while performing various roles. One learns a lot from them. It is also said that one must always learn from others' mistakes, as waiting to learn from own mistakes sometimes can be very expensive. Towards this end, can you share some stories of your life that helped you learn life lessons effectively?
Relevant answer
Answer
I learnt a lot from my mistake and from other mistakes. I think nobody had no mistakes in the first beginning. I would say that all professional researchers had mistakes when they were beginners.