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Direct linkChen, Ouhao; Paas, Fred; Sweller, John – Educational Psychology Review, 2023
Educational researchers have been confronted with a multitude of definitions of task complexity and a lack of consensus on how to measure it. Using a cognitive load theory-based perspective, we argue that the task complexity that learners experience is based on element interactivity. Element interactivity can be determined by simultaneously…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Difficulty Level, Task Analysis, Long Term Memory
