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Topu, Fatma Burcu – Journal of Learning and Teaching in Digital Age, 2023
The aim of this study was to examine the effects of cognitive load level on students' attitude towards the gamified course. It was also found out the students' views regarding the 14-week gamified course. Participants consisted of 66 undergraduate students. 40 of them had low cognitive load level and 26 of them had high cognitive load level.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Difficulty Level, Student Attitudes, Gamification
Problem-Solving Support and Instructional Sequence: Impact on Cognitive Load and Student Performance
Jamie Costley; Anna Gorbunova; Matthew Courtney; Ouhao Chen; Christopher Lange – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2024
In terms of instructional sequencing and cognitive load research, it remains unclear what effect different instructional sequences have on cognitive load and how to use problem-solving support within instructional sequences to reduce cognitive load. The current study examines how instructional sequencing and problem-solving support interact with…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Cognitive Processes, Difficulty Level, Academic Achievement
San Bolkan; Alan K. Goodboy – Communication Education, 2024
The effect of instructor clarity on student learning has been explained using cognitive load theory, which stipulates that students have limited mental resources to devote to activities pertaining to learning. To date, the effect of teacher clarity on students' cognitive burden has been studied in reference to students' extraneous cognitive load…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Difficulty Level, Teacher Effectiveness, Prediction
Zeynep Ayvaz-Tuncel; Özden Demir – International Journal on Social and Education Sciences, 2024
Pre-service teachers' metacognitive and problem-solving skills are highly important in the process of becoming effective teachers for providing their students with guided learning support. Determination of these two higher-order thinking processes and skills and investigation of the relationship between them is very important for enabling…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Difficulty Level, Metacognition, Problem Solving
Ghina'a Abu Deiab; Maia Popova; Rasha Bashatwah; Adel Ardakani; Joman Aldhirat; Afnan Ayyad; Adeel Alebraheem – Journal of Chemical Education, 2023
The aim of this study was to elucidate and describe students' thinking about organic chemistry reactions of small versus large drug-like molecules. Thirty-six students enrolled in a Pharmaceutical Organic Chemistry course participated in individual, think-aloud interviews. The interview protocol included questions about five reactions with the…
Descriptors: Pharmaceutical Education, Organic Chemistry, Protocol Analysis, Difficulty Level
Felix Krieglstein; Maik Beege; Lukas Wesenberg; Günter Daniel Rey; Sascha Schneider – Educational Psychology Review, 2025
In research practice, it is common to measure cognitive load after learning using self-report scales. This approach can be considered risky because it is unclear on what basis learners assess cognitive load, particularly when the learning material contains varying levels of complexity. This raises questions that have yet to be answered by…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Difficulty Level, Instructional Materials, Problem Solving
Sylena Marie Measles – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This qualitative, exploratory dissertation aimed to describe how accessibility, usability, and cognitive load experts explained and experienced the usability and accessibility aspects of the LT department's website pages, information, and digital links. A usability, accessibility, and cognitive load manual examination was conducted with four…
Descriptors: Usability, Access to Information, Cognitive Processes, Difficulty Level
Cynthia Y. Delgado; Richard E. Mayer – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2025
This study examined whether answering focused explanative questions during pauses in an immersive virtual reality (IVR) lesson on pipetting procedures could enhance learning. The goal was to take a generative learning activity, known to be effective for declarative knowledge with conventional media, to the context of procedural knowledge with…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Computer Uses in Education, Laboratory Procedures, Learning Activities
Patrick V. Barnwell; Jake A. Rattigan; Kyle T. Brennan; Erick J. Fedorenko; Richard J. Contrada – Journal of American College Health, 2025
Objectives: To examine college students' conflicting COVID-19 information exposure, information-seeking, concern, and cognitive functioning. Participants: 179 undergraduates were recruited in March-April 2020, and 220 in September 2020 (Samples 1 and 2, respectively). Methods: Students completed the Attention Network Test, NASA Task Load Index,…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Undergraduate Students, Information Seeking
Nick Serki; San Bolkan – Communication Education, 2024
This study tested the notion that the impact of clarity (i.e., structure) on learning is indirect and occurs, in part, through the reduction of cognitive load and subsequently through students' motivation to process instructional information. Two hundred fifty-two students were randomly assigned to one of two text-based lessons (clear or unclear)…
Descriptors: College Students, Difficulty Level, Cognitive Processes, Student Motivation
Ji-Eun Lee; Sunghwan Hwang; Sheunghyun Yeo – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2024
This study explored 54 preservice elementary teachers' identification and modification of mathematical tasks in raising cognitive demand and examined the features of their modified tasks. The study collected data using a three-phase activity: (a) identifying the level of cognitive demand of the given task, (b) modifying the low cognitive demand…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Task Analysis, Difficulty Level, Mathematics Education
Shu Chen; Xiaoting Liu; Norfarizah Mohd Bakhir; Yang Yu – Education and Information Technologies, 2024
This paper studies the effect of learning efficiency through various animations in conjunction with instructional teaching of traditional Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) crafts projects. The germane cognitive load (GCL) is defined as an investment in cognitive resources for schema development and automation. This study employs four…
Descriptors: Difficulty Level, Cognitive Processes, Schemata (Cognition), Cultural Background
Yue Rong – International Journal of Web-Based Learning and Teaching Technologies, 2024
Mental health education in colleges and universities has made considerable progress, but the existing assessment model still faces challenges in terms of time overhead and rank indicators. In response, this paper proposes a new psychological education assessment model for colleges and universities, based on multimedia feature extraction…
Descriptors: Multimedia Instruction, Test Construction, Psychological Evaluation, Mental Health
Wang, Wei-Tsong; Kartika Sari, Mega – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2024
The designs of gamification platforms are diverse and constantly evolving. Excessive use of various game mechanisms in learning platforms can distract from the learning process. However, the fit of game mechanisms is still uncertain. Thus, this study investigates the effect of achieving fit when implementing game mechanisms on learning outcomes by…
Descriptors: Gamification, Educational Technology, Design, Cognitive Processes
Parrish, Christopher W.; Snider, Rachel B.; Creager, Mark A. – Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education, 2023
Cognitively demanding tasks have been shown to support students' understanding of mathematics. How a task is launched, or introduced, determines how students engage with the task, as well as the type of work the teacher engages in during the task implementation. The authors designed a unit focused on launching a task where prospective teachers…
Descriptors: Secondary School Teachers, Preservice Teachers, Difficulty Level, Cognitive Processes