Cognitive Load
"Cognitive load theory aims to explain how the information processing load induced by learning tasks can affect students’ ability to process new information and to construct knowledge in long-term memory"
Sweller, van Merriënboer, & Paas, (2019)
Cognitive Load
Articles
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Sweller, J., van Merriënboer, J.J.G. & Paas, F. (2019). Cognitive architecture and instructional design: 20 years later. Education Psychology Review, 31, 261–292.
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Centre for Education Statistics and Evaluation. (2017). Cognitive load theory: Research that teachers really need to understand. Sydney: NSW Department of Education.
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Korbach, A., Brünken, R., & Park, B. (2017). Measurement of cognitive load in multimedia learning: a comparison of different objective measures. Instructional Science, 45, 515–536.
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Moran, T. P. (2016). Anxiety and working memory capacity: a meta-analysis and narrative review. Psychological Bulletin, 142, 831–864.
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Paas, F., Renkl, A., & Sweller, J. (2004). Cognitive load theory: Instructional implications of the interaction between information structures and cognitive architecture. Instructional science, 32(1/2), 1-8.
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Paas, F., Renkl, A., & Sweller, J. (2003). Cognitive load theory and instructional design: Recent developments. Educational psychologist, 38(1), 1-4.
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Van Merrienboer, J. J., & Ayres, P. (2005). Research on cognitive load theory and its design implications for e-learning. Educational Technology Research and Development, 53(3), 5-13.
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Sweller, J. (2005). Implications of cognitive load theory for multimedia learning. The Cambridge Handbook of Multimedia Learning, 3(2), 19-30.
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De Jong, T. (2010). Cognitive load theory, educational research, and instructional design: some food for thought. Instructional science, 38(2), 105-134.
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Skulmowski, A., & Rey, G. D. (2017). Measuring cognitive load in embodied learning settings. Frontiers in Psychology, 8, 1191.
Resources
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Mind, Brain and Education Science: Teacher Education
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Cognitive Load Theory (John Sweller)
(Source: InstructionalDesign.org -
Cognitive Load Theory and its Application in the Classroom
(Source: Impact Journal of the Charted College of Teaching)