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How you can model constructing complex sentences to improve learners’ mental models

Sentences are the tools students use to build mental models and to build cognitive links between concepts. These skills are just as important in chemistry as in any other subject. In this article, teacher Ben Rogers details three techniques you can use today to boost your learners’ mental modes and conceptual links, helping them to become better scientists, thinkers and communicators.

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