Mental Models

CPD: Cognitive Sciences Level 3 (by Dr Robert Hausmann), topic 1.1.1

Mental Models

One of the more famous examples of running a mental model is Einstein’s claim that he used a mental simulation of riding a beam of light and asking himself questions about what he might observe at that speed.

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  • What kind of questions ask the student to reason about his or her mental model?

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