cognitive load Archive
Learning is meant to be difficult; if it’s not hard then you are probably not learning. Yet, that does not mean we ignore the unnecessary complexities added to instruction …
Our long term memory is infinite but our working memory can only hold and interpret a finite amount of information. The magic number of items working memory is able …
The use of worked examples in teaching is nothing new. It is not uncommon to see a worked example being used in a mathematics or physics lesson followed by …
It is not uncommon to see a sporting coach routinely stop their player to model a skill. This is often at the frustration of the athlete who just wants …
George Miller (1956) famously coined the magic number seven when it comes to how many items we are able to hold and manipulate in our working memory. Though, his contemporaries …
