Cognitive Load Theory: Advances in Research on Worked Examples, Animations, and Cognitive Load Measurement

Educational Psychology Review

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 375-378

  van Gog, Tamara ^a   Paas, Fred ^a,b   Sweller, John ^c  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Animations; Cognitive load measurement; Cognitive load theory; Worked examples

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649782911     PISSN: 1040726X     EISSN: 1573336X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10648-010-9145-4     Document Type: Review

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