Model-based learning and greenhouse effect

What kind of models there was mentioned?

In this text 2 types of learning models were described.

• The mental model, and the hyper model. Mental models based on the leaners prior knowledge, and influenced their perceptions of phenomena, and their understanding of information. Mental models are internal representations.
• Hypermodels are conceptual models. These are external representations. When the learners interact with an external experience they construct or revise their mental model.

What’s their role in learning?

These models play an integral role in learning . It is easier to students to learn the curriculum when they get an external confirmation beside their own imaginations. In addition, teachers has easier job to pass their knowledge, if they are able to demonstrate.