Cognitive-Load Theory: Methods to Manage Working Memory Load in the Learning of Complex Tasks

Fred Paas; Jeroen J. G. van Merrienboer

doi:10.1177/0963721420922183

Cognitive-Load Theory: Methods to Manage Working Memory Load in the Learning of Complex Tasks

Fred Paas^*, Jeroen J. G. van Merrienboer

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Original language	English
Article number	0963721420922183
Pages (from-to)	394-398
Number of pages	5
Journal	Current Directions in Psychological Science
Volume	29
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/0963721420922183
Publication status	Published - Aug 2020

Keywords

cognitive-load theory
working memory
instructional design
mental effort
INSTRUCTIONAL-DESIGN
WORKED EXAMPLES
ENVIRONMENT
ARCHITECTURE
PERFORMANCE
MODEL

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