Educational Psychology / Unit 5 EDP 0425 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Cognitive Load Theory
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The idea
Cognitive load theory treats working memory as the bottleneck of learning and names three loads: intrinsic, extraneous and germane, which add together.
In practice
A slide crowded with decorative images adds load without adding learning.
Where people slip
Because the loads add up, cutting extraneous load frees capacity for the material itself.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
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