Canceled Systems Thinking in Higher Education: Defining Mental Models to Shift Perspective
2030 Morrill Hall 603 Morrill Road, Ames, IA, United StatesMental models are assumptions and beliefs people develop over time based on their lived experiences. Systems thinkers actively strive to understand the implicit and explicit mental models at play in a system. The ladder of inference is a tool that helps clarify mental models as a pathway to understand how knowledge, beliefs, and attitudes influence […]