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Wirth, Joachim; Stebner, Ferdinand; Trypke, Melanie; Schuster, Corinna; Leutner, Detlev – Educational Psychology Review, 2020
Models of self-regulated learning emphasize the active and intentional role of learners and, thereby, focus mainly on conscious processes in working memory and long-term memory. Cognitive load theory supports this view on learning. As a result, both fields of research ignore the potential role of unconscious processes for learning. In this review…
Descriptors: Self Management, Learning Processes, Difficulty Level, Short Term Memory
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Young, John Q.; Thakker, Krima; John, Majnu; Friedman, Karen; Sugarman, Rebekah; van Merriënboer, Jeroen J. G.; Sewell, Justin L.; O'Sullivan, Patricia S. – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2021
Cognitive Load Theory has emerged as an important approach to improving instruction in the health professions workplace, including patient handovers. At the same time, there is growing recognition that emotion influences learning through numerous cognitive processes including motivation, attention, working memory, and long-term memory. This study…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Cognitive Processes, Difficulty Level, Short Term Memory
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Melo, Mário – International Journal of Instruction, 2018
In this paper, readers are guided through the design and development of educational programs based on the 4C/ID model. This was illustrated via a practical example in Physics education, to teach the theme "Electrical circuits" to students of the 9th grade of compulsory education. In the article, the followed steps are described, from…
Descriptors: Models, Physics, Science Education, Instructional Design
Virk, Satyugjit Singh – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Previous cognitive models of memory have not comprehensively taken into account the internal cognitive load of chunking isolated information and have emphasized the external cognitive load of visual presentation only. Under the Virk Long Term Working Memory Multimedia Model of cognitive load, drawing from the Cowan model, students presented with…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Knowledge Representation, Visualization, Cognitive Processes
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Jenkinson, Jodie – Electronic Journal of e-Learning, 2009
In many academic areas, students' success depends upon their ability to envision and manipulate complex multidimensional information spaces. Fields in which students struggle with mastering these types of representations include (but are by no means limited to) mathematics, science, medicine, and engineering. There has been some educational…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Educational Research, Educational Technology, Educational Researchers
Tennyson, Robert D. – 1989
This paper examines the cognitive processes associated with higher-order thinking strategies--i.e., cognitive processes directly associated with the employment of knowledge in the service of problem solving and creativity--in order to more clearly define a prescribed instructional method to improve problem-solving skills. The first section of the…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Simulation, Courseware