Research into Cognitive Load Theory and Instructional Design at UNSW

The magical number seven, plus or minus two: Some limits on our capacity for processing information.

George Miller · Psychological Review · 1994 · 17.3K citations

Social Sciences, Psychology, Social Psychology +10

Cognitive Load During Problem Solving: Effects on Learning

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

Social Sciences, Educational Psychology, Psychology +13

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

Cognitive Load Theory and the Format of Instruction

Paul Chandler, John Sweller · Cognition and Instruction · 1991 · 2.8K citations

Social Sciences, Instruction, Psychology +13