Teaching complex rather than simple tasks: balancing intrinsic and germane load to enhance transfer of learning

By J. V. van Merriënboer, Liesbeth Kester, Fred Paas. 2006

324 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Developmental and Educational Psychology, Education, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

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In Developmental and Educational Psychology

1. Fred Paas
2. John Sweller
3. Tamara van Gog
4. J. V. van Merriënboer
5. Sofie M. M. Loyens
6. Woei Hung
7. Dominique Sluijsmans
8. Paul A. Kirschner

In Education

1. Fred Paas
2. J. V. van Merriënboer
3. Tamara van Gog
4. John Sweller
5. Sofie M. M. Loyens
6. Woei Hung
7. Dominique Sluijsmans
8. Henk G. Schmidt

In Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

1. Fred Paas
2. Tamara van Gog
3. John Sweller
4. J. V. van Merriënboer
5. Paul A. Kirschner
6. Slava Kalyuga
7. Sofie M. M. Loyens
8. Dominique Sluijsmans

Citations in the corpus

• Cognitive Load Theory: New Conceptualizations, Specifications, and Integrated Research Perspectives (2010, methodology): “…to manage intrinsic load is by applying a so-called part–whole approach, in which the number of information elements and interactions between elements is initially reduced by simplifying the tasks, after which more and more elements and interactions are added (e.g., Van Merriënboer et al. 2006).”
• Toward a Synthesis of Cognitive Load Theory, Four-Component Instructional Design, and Self-Directed Learning (2009, background): “But an equally important goal is to free up cognitive resources that may subsequently be devoted to genuine learning, that is, to processes of schema construction and schema automation generating germane cognitive load (van Merriënboer et al. 2006; van Merriënboer et al. 2002b).”
• Theory to reality: a few issues in implementing problem-based learning (2011, background): “…al. (2007) contended, knowing ‘‘how’’ (that is, the process of PBL) would help students reduce unnecessary extraneous cognitive load (Sweller 1999; Van Merrienböer et al. 2006) and the anxiety from being unfamiliar with the instructional format; then as a result, they might actively take on…”
• Problem-Based Learning is Compatible with Human Cognitive Architecture: Commentary on Kirschner, Sweller, and Clark (2006) (2007, methodology): “With relatively complex tasks CLT recommends to use germane load inducing methods in combination with methods that decrease the intrinsic cognitive load ( Van Merrienboer, Kester, & Paas, 2006 ).”
• Training Transfer: An Integrative Literature Review (2007, background): “…the recent proliferation of different lenses stemming from sociotechnical (Kontoghiorghes, 2004), sociopolitical (Kim, 2004), cognitive (van Merrienboer et al., 2006), behavioral (Gaudine & Saks, 2004), and cultural (Egan et al., 2004) factors further elucidates how transfer is a…”