scholarly journals Introducing M‐Tool : A standardised and inclusive mental model mapping tool

2021 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
pp. 353-362
Author(s):  
Karlijn L. Broek ◽  
Sina A. Klein ◽  
Joseph Luomba ◽  
Helen Fischer
Keyword(s):  
Mental Model ◽  
Mapping Tool ◽  
Model Mapping

scholarly journals Evaluating the Application of the Mental Model Mapping Tool (M-Tool)

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karlijn L. van den Broek ◽  
Joseph Luomba ◽  
Jan van den Broek ◽  
Helen Fischer
Keyword(s):  
Mental Models ◽  
Mental Model ◽  
Convergent Validity ◽  
Model Complexity ◽  
Low Literacy ◽  
Mapping Tool ◽  
Model Mapping ◽  
Sustainability Challenges ◽  
Interviewing Techniques ◽  
User Friendly

Mental models influence how individuals think and act in relation to their external environment and have been identified as leverage points to address sustainability challenges. Given the importance of mental models, a new tool to assess mental models has been developed: the Mental Model Mapping Tool (M-Tool). M-Tool was designed to have a standardized format and to be user-friendly for low literacy populations, using pictograms and audio instructions. In this paper, we evaluate M-Tool’s application in two studies with Tanzanian fishers. In Study 1, we investigated M-tool’s convergent validity compared to standard interviewing methods (n = 30). Study 2 investigated M-Tool’s construct validity by relating mental model complexity to participants’ education level (n = 185), a relationship that has been well established. The findings show that (1) mental models produced with M-Tool are more complex than mental models obtained through interviewing techniques; (2) model composition is similar across the two methods; and (3) participants with higher levels of education tend to produce more complex mental models with M-Tool than participants with lower levels of education, in line with previous research. These findings suggest that M-Tool can successfully capture mental models among diverse participants. This tool offers researchers and practitioners an instrument to map and compare perceptions of (conservation) challenges across groups.

Enhancing Simulation Learning With Team Mental Model Mapping

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 211-224 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sonia M. Goltz
Keyword(s):  
Mental Model ◽  
Research Finding ◽  
Group Level ◽  
Mental Maps ◽  
Conceptual Mapping ◽  
Business Courses ◽  
Student Reflection ◽  
Model Mapping ◽  
Directed Learning ◽  
Team Mental Model

Simulations have been developed for many business courses because of enhanced student engagement and learning. A challenge for instructors using simulations is how to take this learning to the next level since student reflection and learning can vary. This article describes how to use a conceptual mapping game at the beginning and end of a simulation as an instructional scaffold that encourages students to reflect on the connections between their decisions and the outcomes in the simulation. Asking student simulation teams to create team mental maps enhances discovery and learner-directed learning and is supported by research finding that group debriefing methods are best for group-level activities.

Details and Dynamics: Mental Models of Complex Systems in Game-Based Learning

2017 ◽  
Vol 48 (5) ◽  
pp. 603-624 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joe A. Wasserman ◽  
Jaime Banks
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Mental Model ◽  
Subjective Experience ◽  
Feedback Loops ◽  
Learning Processes ◽  
Material Objects ◽  
Model Matching ◽  
Game Based Learning ◽  
Model Mapping ◽  
Mapping Exercise

Background. Although the effectiveness of game-based learning (GBL) is well-supported, much less is known about the process underlying it. Nevertheless, developing a mental model that matches the game system, which in turn models a real-world system, is a promising proposed process. Aim. This article explores the first steps in model matching: identifying the entities and (complex) relations in a game system. Method. Participants ( N = 30) played the analog game DOMINION and completed a multi-step mental model mapping exercise. Categories of entities in mental model maps were inductively identified with grounded theory coding, while complex relations in mental model maps were identified via content analysis. Results. Participants described formal game entities, player actions, sociality, learning processes, and subjective experience in their mental model maps. Participants identified very few complex relations—and no feedback loops—in their mental model maps. Conclusions. Games—and analog games specifically—provide a breadth of resources for model matching and GBL. Through gameplay, learners come to affix conceptual meanings to material objects, a process dubbed lamination.

scholarly journals Mental Model Mapping Method for Cybersecurity

2020 ◽  
pp. 458-470
Author(s):  
Kaur Kullman ◽  
Laurin Buchanan ◽  
Anita Komlodi ◽  
Don Engel
Keyword(s):  
Mental Model ◽  
Mapping Method ◽  
Model Mapping

Antecedents of learners' mental model development

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicole Kohari ◽  
Robert Lord ◽  
Joelle Elicker ◽  
Steven Ash ◽  
Bryce Hruska
Keyword(s):  
Mental Model ◽  
Model Development

Visually Impaired Users' Mental Model and Navigation Behavior on News Web Site

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bavani Ramayah ◽  
Azizah Jaafar ◽  
Noor Faezah Mohd Yatin
Keyword(s):  
Mental Model ◽  
Web Site ◽  
Visually Impaired

FAKTOR PENDUKUNG DAN PENGHAMBAT DALAM PROSES PERUBAHAN ORGANISASI PADA POLITEKNIK KESEHATAN KEMENKES PALANGKA RAYA

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 119-128
Author(s):  
Nang Randu Utama
Keyword(s):  
Mental Model ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Learning Technology ◽  
Teaching Aids ◽  
Inhibiting Factors ◽  
Inhibiting Factor ◽  
Management Perspective ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Technical Guidance

This study aims to obtain a description of the supporting and inhibiting factors in the process of organizational change of education based on management perspective that occurs in the scope of higher health education of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Indonesia. This study used a qualitative approach by conducting case study at Palangka Raya Health Polytechnic. The research results are as follows: (a) Supporting factor that must be there is the existence of a manual or technical guidance in organizing the organization; (b) Whereas the inhibiting factor is the old habits, the mindset, the mental model is still inhibiting from the organizers and members of the organization; (c) The inhibiting factor is the existence of selfishness of each highly visible party; (d) Inhibitors may also occur if there are still "little kings" and selfishness from each of the former institutions; (e) Other issues that support in this process of change are in terms of facilities and infrastructure, namely the availability of buildings and land; (f) Another inhibiting factor is that in terms of educational qualifications, there are departments that do not meet, for example in the midwifery department there are still many average teachers with Diploma IV education background and non-linear education; (g) Inhibiting factors may also occur if the reason of seniority is always carried around; (h) The inhibiting factor is lack of human resources in using modern health equipment, including the use of teaching aids in accordance with the progress of science and teaching and learning technology.   Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk memperolah gambaran mengenai faktor pendukung dan penghambat dalam proses perubahan organisasi pendidikan yang ditinjau dari perspektif manajemen yang terjadi di lingkup organisasi pendidikan tinggi kesehatan Kementerian Kesehatan Republik Indonesia. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif dengan melakukan studi kasus pada institusi Politeknik Kesehatan Kemenkes Palangka Raya. Hasil penelitian adalah sebagai berikut: (a) Faktor pendukung yang harus ada yaitu adanya buku pedoman atau petunjuk teknis dalam penyelenggaraan organisasi; (b) Sedangkan yang menjadi faktor penghambat itu adalah kebiasaan lama, mindset-nya, mental model-nya masih bersifat menghambat dari para pengelola dan anggota organisasi; (c) Faktor penghambat yaitu adanya keegoisan masing-masing pihak yang sangat tampak; (d) Penghambat juga dapat terjadi apabila masih ada “raja-raja kecil” dan keegoisan dari masing-masing institusi yang dulu; (e) Perihal lain yang mendukung dalam proses perubahan ini adalah dari sisi sarana dan prasarana, yaitu tersedianya gedung dan tanah; (f) Faktor penghambat lain yaitu dari sisi kualifikasi pendidikan ternyata ada jurusan yang tidak memenuhi, misalnya di jurusan kebidanan masih banyak rata-rata tenaga pengajar dengan latar pendidikan Diploma IV dan pendidikannya tidak linear; (g) Faktor penghambat juga dapat terjadi apabila alasan senioritas selalu dibawa-bawa; (h) Faktor penghambat yaitu masih kurang kesiapan sumber daya manusia dalam menggunakan alat-alat kesehatan modern termasuk penggunaan alat bantu belajar mengajar yang sesuai dengan kemajuan ilmu pengetahuan dan teknologi pengajaran dan pembelajaran.

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