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Cognitive Load

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Cognitive Load During Problem Solving: Effects on Learning John Sweller Cognitive Science Educational PsychologyEducationCognitionSchema AcquisitionConceptual Knowledge Acquisition	1988	7.6K
Why Minimal Guidance During Instruction Does Not Work: An Analysis of the Failure of Constructivist, Discovery, Problem-Based, Experiential, and Inquiry-Based Teaching Paul A. Kirschner, John Sweller, Richard E. Clark Educational Psychologist Inquiry-based LearningGuided Instructional ApproachesEducational PsychologyEducationCognition	2006	6.5K
Cognitive load theory, learning difficulty, and instructional design John Sweller Learning and Instruction Instructional DesignCognitive ScienceInstructional ProgramCognitive FactorLearning Sciences	1994	3.5K
Cognitive Load Theory and the Format of Instruction Paul Chandler, John Sweller Cognition and Instruction Educational PsychologyEducationCognitionPsycholinguisticsSocial Sciences	1991	2.7K
Cognitive Load Theory and Instructional Design: Recent Developments Fred Paas, Alexander Renkl, John Sweller Educational Psychologist Educational PsychologyEducationCognitionInstructional ModelsSocial Sciences	2003	2.7K
Cognitive Load Theory and Complex Learning: Recent Developments and Future Directions Jeroen J. G. van Merriënboer, John Sweller Educational Psychology Review Cognitive ScienceFuture DirectionsLearning SciencesCognitive System EngineeringLearning Theory	2005	2K
Training strategies for attaining transfer of problem-solving skill in statistics: A cognitive-load approach. Fred Paas Journal of Educational Psychology Training SystemTask AnalysisEducational PsychologyTransfer PerformanceEducation	1992	1.9K
Element Interactivity and Intrinsic, Extraneous, and Germane Cognitive Load John Sweller Educational Psychology Review Cognitive ScienceCognitive NeuroscienceElement InteractivityNeurolinguisticsCognitive Variable	2010	1.8K
Load Theory of Selective Attention and Cognitive Control. Nilli Lavie, Aleksandra Hirst, Jan W. de Fockert, Journal of Experimental Psychology General NeuropsychologySelective AttentionCognitionHuman Performance ModelingAttention	2004	1.8K
Cognitive load during problem solving: Effects on learning John Sweller Cognitive Science Educational PsychologyEducationCognitionSchema AcquisitionConceptual Knowledge Acquisition	1988	1.5K
Why Some Material Is Difficult to Learn John Sweller, Paul Chandler Cognition and Instruction Intrinsic Element InteractivityEducationCognitionLanguage LearningSocial Sciences	1994	1.4K
Cognitive load selectively interferes with utilitarian moral judgment Joshua D. Greene, Sylvia A. Morelli, Kelly Lowenberg, Cognition Behavioral Decision MakingPsychologyMoral IssueSocial SciencesCognitive Load	2008	1.2K

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