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Meaningful learning, as opposed to reproductive learning, is active, constructive, intentional, authentic, and collaborative. When learners engage in meaningful learning, they naturally construct mental models. When learners collaborate, they naturally construct group mental models. One method for engaging learners in meaningful learning is to have them construct computer-based models that externalize...
User centered design implies knowledge of the future user's needs within the design phase of the product. A correspondence between both conceptual and mental models ensures a smooth operation in the expected manner that entails mastering all the functionality ensuring user satisfaction. Therefore, consideration of the user's mental model is crucial in designing a system consistent with user expectations...
In this article we describe the challenges of transdisciplinary teamwork involving four faculty members from dissimilar epistemological traditions in the process of developing a manuscript on the lessons learned in our teaching collaboration. Our difficulty originated in implicit mental models and assumptions that caused incongruence between our intent to collaborate and the (habituated) relationship...
Working collaboratively in teams is an essential element in systems engineering: Interdisciplinary teams are formed to tackle large‐scale, heterogeneous problems requiring skill and knowledge across a wide array of engineering and technical disciplines. While this is widely accepted as necessary, little attention is given to the problem of ensuring effective collaboration across the diverse team....
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