Running shared mental models as a distributed cognitive process.(team...

British Journal of Psychology;  November 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ...Adrian P. Banks [*] Shared mental models theory normally takes the individual...theoretical framework for studying shared mental models in which the model is considered to...predicted which describes how shared mental models are run. A team reasoning task requiring...

Teacher Education Students' Reflections on How Problem-Based Learning Has...

The Teacher Educator;  April 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ...Abstract Students develop robust mental models of teaching and learning during their...students' reflections on changes in their mental models following their experiences in a problem-bas...evidence that students do report changing mental models in areas such as (a) the value of case...

Applying Mental Models to Qualitative Risk Assessment at the Tar Creek...

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment;  October 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......qualitative assessment of the site that uses mental models identifies other potential contaminants...may require further investigation. Mental models structure judgments about hazards and...required. A qualitative assessment using mental models can provide insights into other ...

Mental models of elementary and middle school students in analyzing simple...

School Science and Mathematics;  January 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......The items were used to explore the mental models that grade 3-8 students use in explaining...bulb circuits. Consistency of applying mental models in different, but equivalent, circuits...direction was categorized into one of two mental models: (1) bidirectional and (2) ...

Mental models and lifelong learning

Innovations in Education and Training International;  November 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ...SUMMARY The development of mental models is the underlying `driving...and subsequent adaptation of mental models takes place throughout a human...richness' of an individual's mental models usually increases with his...

Preferred mental models in reasoning about spatial relations

Memory & Cognition;  December 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ...The theory of mental models postulates that individuals infer...mental model of the layout, but real mental models contain, not words in English...We use such diagrams to denote mental models throughout the present article...

Comparing managers' mental models of competition: why self-report measures...

Organization Studies;  January 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......institutional influences on managers' mental models of competition,' Daniels et al. (2002...various maps so elicited to their own mental models which prevailed at the time the comparative...environment, institutional environment, mental models, cognition, cognitive mapping ...

Task and institutional influences on managers' mental models of...

Organization Studies;  January 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......noticeably through the convergence of mental models within middle managers across the industry...differentiation amongst senior managers' mental models. We interpret our results by referring...environment, institutional environment, mental models, cognition, cognitive mapping ...

Improve PPE training using a mental models approach to risk communication.

Industrial Safety & Hygiene News;  October 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......experts such as Peter Sandman. The mental models approach to risk communication is a...The ultimate purpose is to elucidate mental models from individuals to ensure effective and proper communication message design. Mental models are thoughts, preconceptions and beliefs...

Mental Models and the Identification of Young Gifted Students: A Tale of...

Roeper Review;  February 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ......teachers to identify young students are discussed briefly and mental models are introduced as the underlying reason for this resistance...teachers display toward gifted students. Without altering these mental models to some degree, there is little chance that the identification...

ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES ISSUES NOTICE OF COOK INLET...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  September 13, 2007 ;     504 words ......of Oil and Gas (DO&G), requests new information regarding its proposal to offer all...21, 2008. Through this request for new information, DO&G provides an opportunity...parties to submit to the division new information that has become available since the...

ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES ISSUES NOTICE ON ANCHORAGE: COOK...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  September 21, 2006 ;     431 words ......Matanuska Susitna Borough CALL FOR NEW INFORMATION:COOK INLET AREAWIDE 2007 The Alaska...of Oil and Gas (DO&G), requests new information regarding its proposal to offer all...23, 2007. Through this request for new information, DO&G provides an opportunity...

NSW: New information on woman's murder halts inquest

AAP General News (Australia);  August 2, 2006 ;     255 words ......News (Australia) 08-02-2006 NSW: New information on woman's murder halts inquest SYDNEY, Aug 2 AAP - New information about the murder of a young woman...in the case. The nature of the new information was not disclosed. Mr Abernethy...

DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES ISSUES PUBLIC NOTICE ON ALASKA PENINSULA,...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  June 20, 2007 ;     352 words ......Slope Foothills Areawide 2008Call for New Information The Alaska Department of Natural Resources...of Oil and Gas (DO&G), requests new information regarding its proposal to offer all...27, 2008. Through this request for new information, DO&G provides an opportunity...

Misdiagnosis report stalls over 'new information'.

Irish Independent (Dublin, Republic of Ireland);  December 15, 2007 ;     306 words ...Misdiagnosis report stalls over 'new information' A REPORT into the breast cancer misdiagnosis...be postponed until January, after new information came to light in recent days. Commenting...to be revealed. The details of the new information have not been released. It is believed...