TY - JOUR
T1 - Effects of pairs of problems and examples on task performance and different types of cognitive load
AU - Leppink, Jimmie
AU - Paas, Fred
AU - van Gog, Tamara
AU - van der Vleuten, Cornelis
AU - van Merrienboer, Jeroen J. G.
PY - 2014/4
Y1 - 2014/4
N2 - In two studies, we investigated whether a recently developed psychometric instrument can differentiate intrinsic, extraneous, and germane cognitive load. Study I revealed a similar three-factor solution for language learning (n = 108) and a statistics lecture (n = 174), and statistics exam scores correlated negatively with the factors assumed to represent intrinsic and extraneous cognitive load during the lecture. In Study II, university freshmen who studied applications of Bayes' theorem in example example (n = 18) or example problem (n = 18) condition demonstrated better posttest performance than their peers who studied the applications in problem example (n = 18) or problem problem (n = 20) condition, and a slightly modified version of the aforementioned psychometric instrument could help researchers to differentiate intrinsic and extraneous cognitive load. The findings provide support for a recent reconceptualization of germane cognitive load as referring to the actual working memory resources devoted to dealing with intrinsic cognitive load.
AB - In two studies, we investigated whether a recently developed psychometric instrument can differentiate intrinsic, extraneous, and germane cognitive load. Study I revealed a similar three-factor solution for language learning (n = 108) and a statistics lecture (n = 174), and statistics exam scores correlated negatively with the factors assumed to represent intrinsic and extraneous cognitive load during the lecture. In Study II, university freshmen who studied applications of Bayes' theorem in example example (n = 18) or example problem (n = 18) condition demonstrated better posttest performance than their peers who studied the applications in problem example (n = 18) or problem problem (n = 20) condition, and a slightly modified version of the aforementioned psychometric instrument could help researchers to differentiate intrinsic and extraneous cognitive load. The findings provide support for a recent reconceptualization of germane cognitive load as referring to the actual working memory resources devoted to dealing with intrinsic cognitive load.
KW - Cognitive load
KW - Example-example pairs
KW - Example-problem pairs
KW - Problem-example pairs
KW - Problem-problem pairs
U2 - 10.1016/j.learninstruc.2013.12.001
DO - 10.1016/j.learninstruc.2013.12.001
M3 - Article
SN - 0959-4752
VL - 30
SP - 32
EP - 42
JO - Learning and Instruction
JF - Learning and Instruction
ER -