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

By Fred Paas, J. V. van Merriënboer. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 2020

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Cognitive-load researchers attempt to engineer the instructional control of cognitive load by designing methods that substitute productive for unproductive cognitive load. This article highlights proven and new methods to achieve this instructional control by focusing on the cognitive architecture used by cognitive-load theory and aspects of the learning task, the learner, and the learning environment.

Subfields: Artificial Intelligence, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

View Paper: https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/3ecd9a8d7f8aaec7395f1f2ba557c79d123d3957

Citations in the corpus

• NEUROPSYCHOPEDAGOGICAL INTERVENTION WITH THE RUBIK’S CUBE: IMPACT ON EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONS AND CORTICAL ACTIVITY IN EARLY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN (2025, unknown): “The phonological loop, for example, enables the temporary retention and manipulation of verbal information, which is essential for language development and reading acquisition (Paas & van Merriënboer, 2020).”