Tools or techniques for conveying mental models?

Title: Tools or techniques for conveying mental models?

标题：有哪些传达心智模型的工具或技巧？

Content:

What are tools or techniques which work well for conveying and growing mental models? 有哪些能够有效传达并构建心智模型的工具或技巧？

Techniques I have seen which work well include: Building and maintaining the system (growing); Scribbling on napkins or gesturing next to someone with a furrowed brow (conveying). 我所见过的有效技巧包括：构建并维护系统（用于构建）；在餐巾纸上涂鸦，或在他人身旁皱着眉头比划（用于传达）。

Documentation which enumerates surface area or catalogs features may be exhaustive but often doesn’t achieve either building or conveying the mental model of the subject in question. 那些罗列接口或功能清单的文档虽然详尽，但往往既无法帮助构建，也无法有效传达相关主题的心智模型。

Using a well-designed tool or product directly can achieve both. What are the tools and techniques which work for you? What makes them effective? 直接使用设计精良的工具或产品，往往能同时实现这两点。对你而言，哪些工具和技巧最有效？它们为何有效？