Cognitive Load Theory

• Main Authors: Sweller, John (Author), Ayres, Paul (Author), Kalyuga, Slava (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2011.
• Edition: 1.
• Series: Explorations in the Learning Sciences, Instructional Systems and Performance Technologies ; 1
• Subjects: Education.; Educational psychology.; Education > Psychology.; Cognitive psychology.; Educational Psychology.; Cognitive Psychology.; Learning & Instruction.

Cognitive Load Theory   John Sweller, Paul Ayres, Slava Kalyuga     Effective instructional design depends on the close study of human cognitive architecture—the processes and structures that allow people to acquire and use knowledge. Without this background, we might recognize that a teaching strat...

Table of Contents:

• <P>Introduction to the issues addressed by cognitive load theory
• Categories of information: What is learned based on an evolutionary perspective
• Human cognitive architecture
• Categories of cognitive load and measuring cognitive load
• Instructional effects associated with intrinsic cognitive load. -Instructional effects associated with extraneous cognitive load
• The consequences of cognitive load theory for debates on the advantages and disadvantages of minimal guidance during instruction
• Future directions and unresolved issues.</P>.