Essays about: "Learners’ Mental Models"

Found 2 essays containing the words Learners’ Mental Models.

1. 1. Designing for Prehospital Care Training : Aiding the development of mental models within procedural memory, through a training toolkit that improves proficiency in prehospital care procedures such as REBOA.

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Designhögskolan vid Umeå universitet

   Author : Christoph Zobl; [2017]
   Keywords : Interaction Design; Instructional Design; Mental Models; REBOA; Prehospital Care; Training; London Air Ambulance;

   Abstract : This is an educational design project exploring how prehospital care training can be altered to improve mental proficiency for emergency medical professionals.  The London Air Ambulance performs a complex life-saving procedure known as REBOA (Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta) on the roadside; the only emergency medical service to do so worldwide. READ MORE

3. 2. Using models and representations in learning and teaching about the atom : A systematic literature review

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för fysik, kemi och biologi; Linköpings universitet/Tekniska högskolan

   Author : Elisabeth Netzell; [2015]
   Keywords : Physics education; chemistry education; models; representations; atom; atomic concepts; mental models; alternative conceptions; teaching; student understanding;

   Abstract : This study is a systematic literature review on the role of models and representations in the teaching, learning and understanding of the atom and atomic concepts. The aim of the study is to investigate the role of different visual representations, what models and representations are used in the science classroom, how learners interpret different external representations of the atom, what mental models students construct, and how the representations can be used and designed for meaningful learning and teaching of the atom and atomic concepts. READ MORE