Mental Models and Metaphors: Implications for the Design of Adaptive User-System Interfaces

1988 ◽  
pp. 164-186 ◽  
Author(s):  
Norbert A. Streitz
Keyword(s):  
Mental Models ◽  
System Interfaces

New Car, Same Principles: Using Language Development Theories to Drive the Design of Supportive Augmentative and Alternative Communication System Interfaces

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (12) ◽  
pp. 40-54
Author(s):  
Jamie B. Boster ◽  
Joann P. Benigno ◽  
John W. McCarthy
Keyword(s):  
Language Development ◽  
Augmentative And Alternative Communication ◽  
Developmental Theory ◽  
Alternative Communication ◽  
Complex Communication Needs ◽  
Communication Devices ◽  
Development Of Language ◽  
Communication Needs ◽  
System Interfaces ◽  
Language Content

Innovations in technology have resulted in increased use of tablets, mobile devices, and applications as augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) systems for children with complex communication needs (CCN). Although research has been conducted on the specific characteristics of AAC technologies, many interfaces remain replications of prior communication devices with little consideration of the features of newer platforms. A greater concern is that these interfaces may not be based on empirical evidence or derived from key developmental language theories. As such, these interfaces may place additional demands on children with CCN instead of supporting their development of language content, form, and use. The purpose of this paper is to discuss potential interface supports for AAC systems that capitalize on current technologies and draw upon key tenets of developmental theory.

Acquisition and Use of Mental Operators: Effects of Type of Practice

2002 ◽  
Vol 49 (2) ◽  
pp. 141-152 ◽  
Author(s):  
Burkhard Müller ◽  
Jürgen Gehrke
Keyword(s):  
Mental Models ◽  
Test Performance ◽  
Physical World ◽  
Test Phase ◽  
Acquisition Phase ◽  
Practice Test ◽  
Subsequent Test ◽  
Use Of Knowledge

Abstract. Planning interactions with the physical world requires knowledge about operations; in short, mental operators. Abstractness of content and directionality of access are two important properties to characterize the representational units of this kind of knowledge. Combining these properties allows four classes of knowledge units to be distinguished that can be found in the literature: (a) rules, (b) mental models or schemata, (c) instances, and (d) episodes or chunks. The influence of practicing alphabet-arithmetic operators in a prognostic, diagnostic, or retrognostic way (A + 2 = ?, A? = C, or ? + 2 = C, respectively) on the use of that knowledge in a subsequent test was used to assess the importance of these dimensions. At the beginning, the retrognostic use of knowledge was worse than the prognostic use, although identical operations were involved (A + 2 = ? vs. ? - 2 = A). This disadvantage was reduced with increased practice. Test performance was best if the task and the letter pairs were the same as in the acquisition phase. Overall, the findings support theories proposing multiple representational units of mental operators. The disadvantage for the retrognosis task was recovered in the test phase, and may be evidence for the importance of the order of events independent of the order of experience.

Mental Logic Versus Mental Models

1992 ◽  
Vol 37 (5) ◽  
pp. 438-439
Author(s):  
Richard A. Griggs
Keyword(s):  
Mental Models ◽  
Mental Logic

Deontic Reasoning, Mental Models Theory and Traffic Signs Information

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cristina Vargas ◽  
Sergio Moreno-Rios ◽  
Candida Castro ◽  
Geoffrey Underwood
Keyword(s):  
Mental Models ◽  
Traffic Signs ◽  
Deontic Reasoning ◽  
Mental Models Theory

The Influence of Experience on Shared Mental Models Over Time

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pia Justen ◽  
Robert R. van Doorn ◽  
Fred Zijlstra ◽  
Jelke van der Pal
Keyword(s):  
Mental Models ◽  
Shared Mental Models ◽  
Over Time

Creativity in Teams: The Role of Shared Mental Models

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicholas J. Arreola ◽  
Erika Robinson-Morral ◽  
Danielle A. S. Crough ◽  
Ben G. Wigert ◽  
Brad Hullsiek ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Models ◽  
Shared Mental Models

Alliance team mental models: Antecedents and consequences for team effectiveness

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Baniyelme Zoogah ◽  
Raymond Noe ◽  
Oded Shenkar ◽  
David Zoogah
Keyword(s):  
Mental Models ◽  
Team Effectiveness ◽  
Team Mental Models ◽  
Antecedents And Consequences

Mental Models and Collaborative Learning With a More Experienced Partner

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vanessa Kowollik ◽  
Eric A. Day ◽  
Jazmine Espejo ◽  
Lauren E. McEntire ◽  
Paul R. Boatman
Keyword(s):  
Collaborative Learning ◽  
Mental Models

Cultural schema: Mental models guiding behavior in a foreign culture

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Allison Abbe ◽  
Joan Rentsch ◽  
Ioana Mot
Keyword(s):  
Mental Models ◽  
Foreign Culture ◽  
Cultural Schema
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