Taming a beast of burden – On some issues with the conceptualisation and operationalisation of cognitive load

Cognitive Load During Problem Solving: Effects on Learning

John Sweller · Cognitive Science · 1988 · 8.4K citations · Full text

Social Sciences, Educational Psychology, Psychology +13

Individual differences in working memory and reading

Meredyth Daneman, Patricia A. Carpenter · Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior · 1980 · 6.4K citations

Education, Educational Psychology, Psychology +12

Cognitive Architecture and Instructional Design

John Sweller, Jeroen J. G. van Merriënboer, Fred Paas · Educational Psychology Review · 1998 · 5.6K citations

Education, Educational Technology, Instruction +14

Cognitive load theory, learning difficulty, and instructional design

John Sweller · Learning and Instruction · 1994 · 3.6K citations

Education, Educational Psychology, Instruction +13

Groups: Interaction and Performance.

Richard B. Polley, Joseph E. McGrath · Administrative Science Quarterly · 1984 · 3.4K citations

Management, Organization Studies, Organizational Behavior +10