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 1982, Springer-Verlag.</​cite>​ 1982, Springer-Verlag.</​cite>​
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 +<​blockquote>​Scientific thinking is grounded in the evolved human ability to freely create and manipulate mental models in the imagination. This modeling ability enabled early humans to navigate the natural world and cope with challenges to survival. Then it drove the design and use of tools to shape and control the environment. Spoken language facilitated the sharing of mental models in cooperative activities like hunting and in maintaining tribal memory through storytelling. The evolution of culture accelerated with the invention of written language, which enabled creation of powerful symbolic systems and tools to think with. That includes deliberate design of mathematical tools that are essential for physics and engineering . A mental model coordinated with a symbolic representation is called a conceptual model. Conceptual models provide symbolic expressions with meaning. This essay proposes a Modeling Theory of cognitive structure and process. Basic definitions,​ principles and conclusions are offered. Supporting evidence from the various cognitive sciences is sampled. The theory provides the foundation for a science pedagogy called Modeling Instruction,​ which has been widely applied with documented success and recognized most recently with an Excellence in Physics Education award from the American Physical Society.
  
 +<​cite>​David Hestenes
 +[[https://​geocalc.clas.asu.edu/​pdf/​ConceptualModelingforSemiotiX.pdf|Conceptual Modeling in physics, mathematics and cognitive science]]
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 +In D. Hestenes, SemiotiX, November 2015.
 +http://​semioticon.com/​semiotix/​2015/​11/​.</​cite>​
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