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Will Existing Mental Models Threaten Post-pandemic Progress in Education?

Catlin Tucker

I fear schools will revert to what is comfortable and what aligns with existing mental models instead of questioning the status quo, taking inventory of the lessons learned this year, and paving a new path forward. The Power of Mental Models. Teacher training programs likely reinforced those mental models.

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The Importance of Math Manipulatives: A Math Playground

Lab to Class

The researchers found that the style of drawing and mental model used to solve the problem was highly predictive of whether the student was able to find the faster way to solve the problem or not.

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