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Building mental models is hard
Firstly, we need to appreciate that building good mental models is hard, and hard work, and in mathematics, it does not generally seem to happen automatically.
Davis (1983) wrote that,
“Neither the importance of mental representations, nor the difficulty in creating them, seem to be generally recognized.”
Constructing good mental models requires time, effort and guidance.
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