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Direct linkFarrington, Jeanne – Performance Improvement Quarterly, 2011
For over 50 years, "seven plus or minus two" has been a commonly used guideline for gauging how many chunks of new information should be presented at one time in learning and performance situations. Often cited as the limit of working memory, this guideline was created as a result of misinterpreting an article by Miller (1956). More recent studies…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Short Term Memory, Guidelines, Cognitive Processes
