| Cognitive Load Theory: A Special Issue of educational Psychologist Contributor(s): Paas, Fred (Editor), Renkl, Alexander (Editor), Sweller, John (Editor) |
|
 |
ISBN: 0805896104 ISBN-13: 9780805896107 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $65.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2003 Annotation: The papers of this special issue demonstrate that cognitive load theory provides the framework for investigations into cognitive processes and instructional design. The genesis of "Cognitive Load Theory" emerged from an international symposium organized at the bi-annual conference of the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction in 2001 in Fribourg, Switzerland. Most of the papers are based on contributions to that symposium and discuss the most recent work carried out within the cognitive load framework. As a whole, this issue is demonstrating that cognitive load theory is continuing its role of using cognitive psychology principles to generate novel instructional design procedures. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education | Educational Psychology |
| Series: Educational Psychologist |
| Physical Information: 0.2" H x 8.26" W x 10.98" (0.49 lbs) 78 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The papers of this special issue demonstrate that cognitive load theory provides the framework for investigations into cognitive processes and instructional design. The genesis of Cognitive Load Theory emerged from an international symposium organized at the bi-annual conference of the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction in 2001 in Fribourg, Switzerland. Most of the papers are based on contributions to that symposium and discuss the most recent work carried out within the cognitive load framework. As a whole, this issue is demonstrating that cognitive load theory is continuing its role of using cognitive psychology principles to generate novel instructional design procedures. |